Dr. Susan David does a beautiful, brave job in telling her personal journey that led her to her research focus. Her story dovetails with my interest in the role of narrative in wellbeing. We so often shut others out of our story, but putting it down on paper has such a power–even if no one else reads it. I am passionate about positive psychology, but the description of a “tyranny of positivity” is a distressing by-product of how the field has been commercialized. The fact that one-third of us judge ourselves for our own emotions…there is something so sad and makes me believe that everyone needs to hear David’s message.

 

 

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Do you judge yourself for your emotions? Do you categorize emotions as good or bad?