How Your Emotional Vocabulary Can Affect Your Health

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 11 a.m.

How Your Emotional Vocabulary Can Affect Your Health | This episode is sponsored by Starseed\nHaving a greater grasp on emotional understanding correlates to increased happiness and satisfaction, along with better management of stress, while a lack of emotional balance has been linked to poorer outcomes with physical health issues. But how can we achieve emotional balance when we don\u2019t fully understand what our emotions are telling us?\nEarlier this year, Dr. Hyman spoke to Susan David about how accurately labeling our emotions with a great degree of granularity can help us better understand our emotions, and know what to do about them. He also spoke with Jay Shetty about how expanding our emotional vocabulary can improve our relationship with ourselves and others.\nSusan David, Ph.D. is one of the world\u2019s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her new #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility, describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan\u2019s TED Talk on the topic went viral with over 1 million views in its first week of release. She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and guest on national radio and television. Susan is the CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a Cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate), and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Thrive Global and Virgin Pulse.\xa0\nJay Shetty is a storyteller, podcaster, and former monk. Jay\u2019s vision is to Make Wisdom Go Viral. He is on a mission to share the timeless wisdom of the world in an accessible, relevant, and practical way. Jay has created over 400 viral videos with over 7.5 billion views, and hosts the #1 Health and Wellness podcast in the world, On Purpose.\nThis episode is sponsored by Starseed. Save 20% on your Starseed order at Amazon.com/Starseed by using the code 20MARKHYMAN at checkout. Be sure to try their seeds, Omega oil, and butters.\nFind Dr. Hyman\u2019s full-length conversation with Susan David, \u201cAttaining Freedom Through Emotional Agility\u201d here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/SusanDavid\nFind Dr. Hyman\u2019s full-length conversation with Jay Shetty, \u201cFinding Peace And Purpose By Thinking Like A Monk\u201d here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/JayShetty\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices