257: How to Turn Sadness Into a Superpower and Build Emotional Resilience | Susan Cain
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Susan Cain is the #1 bestselling author of Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Her TED talks have been viewed over 40 million times, and LinkedIn named her the Top 6th Influencer in the World (just behind Richard Branson and Melinda French Gates). Susan partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Dan Pink to curate the Next Big Idea Club, and all of their proceeds are donated to children’s literacy programs. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/257
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| 0:00.0 | What's good family welcome to episode 257 of the Genius Life. |
| 0:16.5 | What's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the show I'm your host Max Lugovere |
| 0:20.6 | a filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best-selling author. I've dedicated |
| 0:24.8 | my life to unraveling the science behind our choices including what we eat and how we live, |
| 0:28.8 | affect our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel and our health span and risk for disease. |
| 0:34.4 | This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state which I call living like a genius. |
| 0:39.1 | Guys on today's episode of the show I welcome Susan Kane. Susan is the number one best-selling author |
| 0:44.7 | of Bittersweet, how sorrow and longing make us whole. As well as quiet the power of introverts in |
| 0:51.3 | a world that can't stop talking. Her TED Talks have been viewed over 40 million times and |
| 0:56.1 | linked in named her the top sixth influencer in the world just behind Richard Branson and Melinda Gates. |
| 1:01.6 | Susan Partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant and Dan Pink to curate the next big idea club |
| 1:07.3 | and all of their proceeds are donated to children's literacy programs. I love that. |
| 1:11.3 | Guys on today's episode of the show we are going to talk about the concept of bitter sweetness |
| 1:15.1 | and how leaning into painful beautiful moments make you more appreciative and joyful. |
| 1:20.8 | We're going to talk about toxic positivity and how that as well as capitalism and social media |
| 1:25.6 | can potentially contribute to our inability to express our emotions and share our genuine |
| 1:30.2 | selves with others. We're going to talk about the meaning of the Portuguese word saudage which |
| 1:36.0 | I love. We're going to talk about why we love sad songs, how melancholia can actually make us |
| 1:40.4 | more creative and what your pain can reveal to you about your most treasured values and beliefs. |
| 1:46.7 | I loved having this conversation with Susan Kane. It was amazing and it got me to open up in a way |
| 1:51.6 | that I don't often have the opportunity to do, especially on the more science focused episodes |
| 1:57.2 | of the show. I hope you enjoy this episode. Please listen through all the way to the end and thanks |
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