One can’t simply feel their emotions naturally, process them in a timely manner, and move on. “Snap out of it, at least you didn’t go through …”. “Well… welcome to adult life! No time for breaks here”. We are socially pressured to repress emotions since early days. There were pages bringing me to tears and moments of profound sobbing and others making me laugh so hard I had to share the drawings with my husband or a close friend. Going through the most painful moment of my adult life (pre-burnout), this book seemed to be custom-made for me. We can’t stop emotions from bubbling up, but we can learn how to make peace with them.
Why we might be suffering from perfectionism even if we feel far from perfect, and how to detach your self-worth from what you doīig Feelings helps us understand that difficult emotions are not abnormal, and that we can emerge from them with a deeper sense of meaning.How to identify what’s behind your anger and communicate it productively, without putting people on the defensive.
How to end the cycle of intrusive thoughts brought on by regret, and instead use this feeling as a compass for making decisions.Weaving surprising science with personal stories and original illustrations, each chapter examines one uncomfortable feeling-like envy, burnout, and anxiety-and lays out strategies for turning big emotions into manageable ones. Now, Big Feelings addresses anyone intimidated by oversized feelings they can't predict or control, offering the tools to understand what's really going on, find comfort, and face the future with a sense of newfound agency.
Over the past year, Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy’s online community has laughed and cried about productivity guilt, pandemic anxiety, and Zoom fatigue. But between our emotion-phobic society and the debilitating uncertainty of modern times, we usually don't know how to talk about what we're going through, much less handle it. From the duo behind the bestselling book No Hard Feelings and the wildly popular Instagram, an insightful and approachable illustrated guide to handling our most difficult emotions.
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