Liz Fosslien on How to Cope with Big Feelings

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Liz Fosslien regularly leads interactive, scientifically-backed workshops about how to create a culture of belonging, help remote workers avoid burnout, navigate different work styles and effectively harness emotion as a leader. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Ted, The Economist, and NPR. She is also the co-author and illustrator of The Wall Street Journal bestseller, No Hard Feelings along with the book discussed in this episode, Big Feelings: How to Be Ok When Things Are Not Ok.

In this episode, Eric and Liz discuss really specific, practical ways to cope with various Big Feelings.

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Liz Fosslien and I Discuss How to Cope with Big Feelings and…

Her book, Big Feelings: How to Be Ok When Things Are Not Ok
The myths of Big Feelings
Myths about Uncertainty
Tools to help cope with Perfectionism
Emotions are often a response to stimuli we’re taking in and a result of our brain chemistry
How to stop “anxious fixing”
The helpful phrase “I’m a person learning to….”
How extreme language produces extreme emotions
Naming your inner perfectionist
Finding a non-perfectionist role model
The red flag of thinking “I’ll be happy when…”
How envy can reveal what you value, and then thinking about your willingness to live the life that leads to that
How to just make it through when you’re in the worst of it in life

Liz Fosslien links:

Liz’s Website

Twitter

Instagram

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Liz Fosslien, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Embracing Emotions at Work with Liz Fosslien (2019)

Befriending Difficult Feelings with Adreanna Limbach

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0:37.6	thoughts that are helpful. It's like the thought becomes, I just want to run away from this.
0:42.2	What can I do? What can I do? And what our brain generates is like what I can do next.
0:46.7	Often isn't actually what we need to do to address the underlying emotion.
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1:14.9	toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
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