Four steps to achieving ''emotional agility'', Susan David

BBVA Aprendemos Juntos · Nov 14, 2019 · 58m

We live in a “tyranny of positivity” say U.S. psychologist Susan David: “Society demands that the ill remain optimistic, that women don’t show outrage, and that men don’t cry,” she says. According to her research, most people judge themselves for feeling “negative” emotions like anger, disappointment or sadness. But “repressing or denying these emotions makes them stronger and lead us to deadlock,” she maintains. With a PhD in psychology and a professor at Harvard Medical School, for Susan David the key lies in so-called “emotional agility”. “Being emotionally agile means learning to live…