Cultural Avoidance of Melancholy

Susan Cain — Bittersweet, the Happiness of the Melancholy, How Sorrow Creates the Union Between Souls | Brought to you by Grammarly and Raycon.

Susan Cain is one of my favorite authors and completely changed the way I viewed myself and my own strengths. Susan is the author of the Quiet Journal, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, which spent eight years on The New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 40 languages. Her new masterpiece, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, is available now.

Susan’s first record-smashing TED Talk has been viewed more than 40 million times and was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks (and if you like that one, you should check out her most recent TED Talk with violinist Min Kym). LinkedIn named her the top sixth influencer in the world, just behind Richard Branson and Melinda Gates. Susan partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Dan Pink to curate the Next Big Idea Club. They donate all of their proceeds to children’s literacy programs.

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make us Whole

In her new book, Susan discusses why sadness and the happiness of melancholy are key to achieving self-transcendence and the union between souls. As with the majority of people, you’ve probably been taught your entire life to look at the positive side and be happy no matter what. While there is a place for optimism and looking at the bright side, by burying your melancholy and sadness, you may actually be doing yourself a terrible disservice.

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*Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Makes us Whole by Susan Cain

Links from the Show:

• Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
• Susan’s Bittersweet Playlist | Spotify
• The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
• Transcend by Scott Barry Kauffman
• The Compassionate Instinct by Dacher Keltner
• Father and Son by Cat Stevens
• The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys
• Anthem (Live in London) | Leonard Cohen
• What is Kabbalah? | Reform Judaism
• 5 Teachings from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi Philosophy That Can Drastically Improve Your Life | Omar Itani
• Rumi: The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You | The Search For Wisdom
• Love Dogs by Rumi | The MERI Center at UCSF
• The Science of Music: Why Do Songs in a Minor Key Sound Sad? | NME
• Why Sad Songs Say So Much by Susan Cain | Quiet Revolution
• Our Longing Back to the Garden of Eden | NIV
• The Long Arm of Etymology, Or, Longing for Word Origins | OUPblog
• Survival of the Fittest: Groups versus Individuals | Farnam Street
• Dacher Keltner on the Vagus Nerve | Greater Good Science Center
• Battle of Wits Scene | The Princess Bride
• What Is Sufism? | Institute for Global Change
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz
• “…Our Hearts Are Restless…” An Analysis of One of the Greatest Sentences Ever Written | TGC
• Beauty in Sorrow by Balaji Ravichandran | The Guardian
• How to Turn Your Grief into Creativity | Baha’i Teachings

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