Liz Fosslien on Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay EP 128

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Liz is an expert on how to make work better and the co-author (Mollie West Duffy) and illustrator of the books Big Feelings and No Hard Feelings. Liz also leads content and communications at Humu, a company that uses behavioral science to make it easy for leaders and their teams to improve. Her work has been featured by TED, The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, and NPR.

Overwhelmed by Big Feelings

Uncertainty. Anger. Despair. Envy. When you’re overwhelmed by big feelings, it can seem like you’re the only one who is struggling. But having difficult emotions doesn’t mean you’re malfunctioning. It means you’re human. Weaving surprising science with personal stories and original illustrations, each chapter of the new book Big Feelings examines one uncomfortable feeling—like envy, burnout, and anxiety—and lays out strategies for making it manageable.

Big Feelings is an insightful and approachable Illustrated Guide to Handling our most difficult emotions

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Follow Liz Fosslien

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lizandmollie/
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-fosslien/

Links

• Big Feelings: https://amzn.to/3Kbo9Ob
• No Hard Feelings: https://amzn.to/3kcr7Y6
• Susan Cain Interview: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rTEjH4FJn7iBuvu0FOSB2?si=h9PE1CUQTK2lcAdVGLrBow
• Claude Silver interview: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SXKbsbfYQWlBNPdRn1c5k?si=VZdrjNJSTuiJU1hQ_xXjeQ
• Solo episode on work-life balance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AZksXySbYVoMPMuma5DpB?si=_VPv5sn3QBCq2pYVh-LXkg
• Solo episode on overcoming burnout: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5keAXxjRs3Q8NKZYWBlPXS?si=N-nf0iQjThSzgsCAutPVPA

Time Stamps:

• 0:00 Liz Fosslien introduction and announcements
• 4:25 Why we are taught that feeling bad is bad.
• 11:58The big reveal.
• 15:34Why Liz felt it was so important to write Big Feelings.
• 19:34Why our self-narrative both helps and hurts our identity.
• 22:02Why it is becoming harder for people to find balance and alleviate burnout.
• 25:13The importance of post-traumatic growth
• 9:22 Effortless Perfection and Susan Cain's Bittersweet
• 36:56Detaching your self-worth from what you do for work
• 46:10The big feelings assessment
• 50:14How to let go of what you can’t control.
• 54:21The topic of uncertainty, the myths around it, and how you work through it.
• 57:49We discuss her popular Instagram page.
• 1:01:58Show wrap up.

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