#485 - Susan Cain - Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them, so how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives and what can they teach us about ourselves?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts, why sad music seems to make us happy, whether people are genetically predisposed to feeling bittersweet emotions, how to deal with impermanence in life when everyone we love is going to die, why I felt sad after looking at the moon and much more…</span></p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at <a href= "https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom">https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom</a> (discount automatically applied)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get 15% discount on Upgraded Formulas Magnesium at <a href= "https://upgradedformulas.com/">https://upgradedformulas.com/</a> (use code: MW15)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at <a href= "https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom">https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom</a> (use code: MW20)</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy Bittersweet - <a href= "https://a