Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.

Each episode will feature a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.

Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.

Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. guest. Now I'm really excited to introduce my guest Susan David.

Susan is an award-winning psychologist

on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.

She is a co-founder and co-director

for the Institute of Co-Coching

at the McLean Hospital.

And she is the author of the number one Wall Street Journal best-selling

book Emotional Agility.

Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life.

Susan David, it's so great to have you on the podcast.

It is great to be here.

Thank you for inviting me.

I've been willing to chat with you for a really long time.

I'm a great admirer of your work and you as a person as well.

You know, I hear a bit of an accent from you.

Where are you from?

I am originally from South Africa,

but I've lived in Australia and New Zealand,

backpacked around the world for two years and I'm now in Boston.

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