The Beauty of Bittersweet: How Heartache Can Make You Whole Again - Susan Cain

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Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In today's episode, Vishen interviews Susan Cain, author of the best-selling phenomenon 'Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'. She'll explain the premise of her new book 'Bittersweet' and how sorrow and longing can actually make us whole. If you seek out beauty in your everyday life; if you find comfort or inspiration on a rainy day; if you react intensely to music, art, and nature; then Susan's message will resonate, and help you reframe sorrow in a beautiful, new way. Susan Cain is recognized as one of LinkedIn's top ten influencers and was named one of the world's top 50 leadership experts by Inc. magazine. Her books have been translated into 40 different languages, spent eight uninterrupted years on The New York Times Bestseller list, and her TED talk has been viewed more than 40 million times. Her new book, 'Bittersweet: How Sorry and Longing Make Us Whole' is a must-read for anyone who's lived, loved or lost. Listen out for: - The key idea behind Susan’s new book ‘Bittersweet’. - How to turn sadness into creativity. - Practical Tools to transform your pain into growth. - What should a bittersweet person do? (For the ones who have a high bittersweet score.) - The difference between bittersweet and melancholy comes from being stuck. Bonus: - Take the Bittersweet Quiz here 👉 https://susancain.net/bittersweet-quiz-intro/ - Subscribe to 'Mindvalley Membership' to discover 65+ transformational Mindvalley programs – at a surprisingly low annual fee. You can also watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After 9-11 in the US, lots of people were signing up for jobs as firefighters or teachers.
0:06.4	And in the wake of the pandemic, we see lots of people signing up for medical school and for
0:11.4	nursing school. And why do we do that? It's because one of the great superpowers of human beings is
0:17.9	it's to take a painful event and to make meaning out of it, make creativity out of it.
0:23.4	I am Vision Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.
0:27.8	You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest
0:31.2	teachers and thought leaders on the planet. It has got the world's most powerful ideas in
0:35.9	personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work. Welcome back everyone to the Mind Valley
0:42.1	podcast. Our guest today is a remarkable, remarkable woman who at one point was considered one of
0:50.4	the most influential people in the world on LinkedIn because of her ideas. Please welcome
0:57.5	Susan Kane to Mind Valley. Now, I want to give you an idea of what Susan Kane has done because
1:02.7	her work is just so exceptional. She is a self-described introvert and wrote a remarkable book called
1:09.7	Quiet, The Power of Introverts in the World that can't stop talking. It's been translated into
1:14.1	40 language and spent eight years on the New York Times bestseller list. It was named the number
1:20.4	one best book of the year by Fast Company Magazine. How about that? Now, it's an introvert myself.
1:27.4	I can tell you that Susan's work is something that all of you want and private introverts should be
1:32.3	paying attention to. She also gave a TED talk on the power of introverts and the hidden power of sad
1:38.1	songs and rainy days and it's been viewed 40 million times. LinkedIn, named her as the top
1:44.8	sixth influencer in the world just behind Richard Branson and Melinda French Gates and I'm so
1:51.2	delighted to have Susan Kane with us today. Susan, welcome to the Mind Valley podcast. Thank you so
1:56.6	much, Fishin. It is so great to be here with you. So just a bit of a backstory. Initially, we wanted
2:02.5	to talk about introversion but Susan's new book really intrigued me. The book is called Bittersweet.
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