What To Do When Things Feel Hopeless: Politics, Climate Change, Chronic Illness, & More With Susan David, Ph.D.

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

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

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

I’m excited to welcome Susan David, Ph.D. to the podcast. Susan is one of the world’s leading management thinkers, award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist, host of the podcast Checking In with Susan David, and author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. Her TED Talk on emotional agility has been seen by more than 10 million people, making it one of the most popular talks of the year, and she frequently contributes to publications like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. On this episode, we talk about: a simple exercise to help when you feel stuck in a difficult emotion or experience a surprising way toxic positivity manifests (and how to avoid it) how to become emotionally resilient in the face of things that aren’t in your control (like a pandemic, politics, climate change, chronic illnesses, etc.) how to identify what YOUR values actually are (versus your parents’ or society’s values) how to make your life more aligned with your values why emotions like anger, loneliness, grief, and sadness can actually be beneficial research-based practices for navigating grief the first step to take if you’re feeling lonely a practice everyone can do today to become more courageous what to do if you feel like your dream life isn’t available to you and so much more! We would LOVE to hear from you any thoughts, reactions, or takeaways you have as you’re listening, so definitely screenshot and tag me @lizmoody and Susan @susandavid_phd on Instagram. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. This episode is sponsored by Seed. You can get 15% off your first month's supply of Seed's DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic by going to https://seed.com/daily-synbiotic and using the code LIZMOODY. This episode is sponsored by Paleovalley. Head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off. This episode is sponsored by MUD/WTR. Go to mudwtr.com/lizm and use code LIZM for 15% off your order. This episode is sponsored by Ava Jane’s Kitchen Colima Sea Salt. Go to HealthierTogetherSalt.com to get your first bag of Colima Sea Salt for free. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:04.8	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist.
0:08.7	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:12.4	learning how to hack our genes to increase our life spans, moving through childhood trauma,
0:17.0	or finally taking control of our finances.
0:19.8	And yes, those are all real episodes of any of those topics down good to you, screw
0:23.7	on back in the archives.
0:25.8	I had the idea of doing what to do when things feel hopeless, podcast after one of the shootings
0:30.6	this year.
0:31.6	It's crazy, honestly, to say one of the shootings this year.
0:34.2	But here we are.
0:35.4	It just felt like we had had this barrage of awful things one after another for months,
0:41.1	for years, really.
0:42.4	And I was like, well, what am I supposed to do with these emotions?
0:45.9	How do I handle feeling all of this pain, all in a row?
0:49.7	What do I do if I don't actually have the power to make the changes that will make me
0:53.3	feel better, like when we're talking about things like politics or climate change or
0:58.0	global pandemic?
0:59.9	I was looking for a guest for this episode for such a long time, and I finally found her.
1:06.2	I can't think of a better person to tackle all of these questions than Dr. Susan David.
1:11.2	Dr. David is an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist in the author of the number
1:15.7	one Wall Street Journal bestseller, emotional agility, get unstuck, embrace change, and thrive
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