How to Become Whole Through the Bittersweet with Susan Cain

<p>Susan Cain is an author who has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Her record-smashing TedTalk has been viewed over 30 million times and was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks. Susan is the author of the book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, which spent seven years on the New York Times Best Selling List and has been translated into 40 languages..</p> <p>In this episode, Eric and Susan discuss her new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780451499783">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.</a></p> <p>But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p> <p>Susan Cain and I Discuss How to Become Whole Through the Bittersweet and …</p> <ul> <li>Her book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780451499783">Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</a></li> <li>Why some people really love sad music </li> <li>How brokenness points in the direction of transcendence</li> <li>How to know if you tend towards a bittersweet state of mind</li> <li>Why do some people turn pain into something beautiful and in other cases people are broken by life’s difficulties</li> <li>The way of “even so”</li> <li>Union between souls when sorrow is shared</li> <li>Understanding the messiness and unpredictability of grief</li> <li>The mystery of bittersweet </li> <li>The divine nature of longing</li> <li>How longing is different from craving</li> <li>Being open to great states of transition as gateways in our life</li> <li>Moving on vs. Moving forward</li> <li>Poignancy </li> <li>What it means to turn in the direction of beauty</li> </ul> <p>Susan Cain links:</p> <p><a href="https://su