Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

So it's become an article of faith in our modern world that if you're feeling depressed,

and motivated, angry, anxious, what you need to do is think about why you're feeling that way,

or go talk to a therapist and try to figure out why you're having these emotions or these feelings.

And then once you do that, you'll magically solve things.

Well, what if doing that, thinking about your feelings all the time, actually makes the problem worse?

Well, that's the argument my guests they make in their book.

It's called F feelings, and yes, that F is what you think it stands for.

It's a father and daughter team.

The father is named Michael Bennett.

He's actually a psychiatrist.

The daughter is Sarah Bennett, and she's a comedian writer.

And they teamed up to write, you know, despite the title, the controversial title, it's there on purpose.

It's one of the most straightforward, practical, no-foo-foo books about managing your psychology

and your emotional life that I've read.

And today on the podcast, Michael and Sarah and I discuss, you know, why you shouldn't think about your feelings so much,

why it can be unproductive, what to do about anger, what to do about anxiety, how to approach self-improvement,

so that it's actually productive and not masturbatory, what to do about addiction and things like that.

A really great podcast, a lot of practical information.

So take notes, I think you're going to like this.

And after the show's over, make sure to check out the show notes for links to resources,

studies that we mentioned the podcast, you can find that at aowm.is slash F feelings,

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