Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker.

There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them, so how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives and what can they teach us about ourselves?

Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts, why sad music seems to make us happy, whether people are genetically predisposed to feeling bittersweet emotions, how to deal with impermanence in life when everyone we love is going to die, why I felt sad after looking at the moon and much more…

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Is the World More Introvert-Friendly?
03:34 The Need to Embrace Joy & Sorrow
09:48 Experiences of Awe & Dread
17:00 Where Creativity Comes From
26:48 Struggling to Accept Being Introverted
36:38 The Tyranny of Positivity
41:01 Witnessing a Lunar Eclipse
47:31 Being Open in Competitive Environments
55:44 How to Accept Death
1:08:01 Where to Find Susan

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