80. Book Discussion: Emotional Agility by Susan David, PhD, With Help From The Velveteen Rabbit

In this episode Yo digs into the book Emotional Agility by Susan David, PhD, to explore the science-based approach to navigate life’s twists and turns. It’s about getting unstuck, embrace change, and thrive in work and life. She states that how we deal with our thoughts, feelings, and self-talk ultimately determine how successful we’ll be.

David has a special chapter on Becoming Real and she works in the book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams. Yo discovered this book in college and treasures her own copy. You’ll hear a bit more from the book than what David offered because it’s so close to her heart.

Enjoy the listen.

Here are the episode take-aways:

1. Emotional agility is the absence of pretense and performance which gives our actions greater power because they come from our own core values (not someone elses).

2. It takes courage to appoint ourselves as our agent for our own life – it involves embracing a new identify and releasing narratives that no longer serve us.

3. We reach that level of being REAL, that level of emotional agility, not through magic, but through a series of steps in everyday moments over the course of a lifetime.

As mentioned in the episode:

Emotional Agility by Susan David, PhD.

The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams

Susan Cain, Bittersweet, Episodes: 23, 24

Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Episode: 76, 77

Susan David Newsletter & Website

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