Feb. 14, 2022

56 - Liz Fosslien (Co-Author of No Hard Feelings & Big Feelings) on confronting big feelings at work

Liz Fosslien, the co-author of No Hard Feelings and Big Feelings, joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about her journey to becoming a best-selling author, the 7 Big Feelings that we've all been experiencing the past couple of years, and how we can begin to make peace with our emotions at work.

Timestamps: Liz’s journey to becoming a Wall Street Journal best-selling author (4:44), why everyone should be jealous that Liz gets to work at Humu (10:55), why she thinks we’re all so scared of confronting these big feelings at work (14:32), how they identified the 7 Big Feelings (20:00), which of the 7 Big Feelings resonates most with Liz (23:04), emotional granularity (28:20), two tools for making peace with your emotions (30:16), how to avoid negative thought spirals (35:35), the 1 thing Liz wants people to take away from Big Feelings (40:50), and the career advice she’d give to 22-year-old Liz (44:44).

Big Feelings is set to come out on April 26th. If you'd like to pre-order now, here's a link: Pre-Order Now

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