Emotions · Life Changes
Emotional Agility
by Susan David
What this book is about
Emotional Agility presents a flexible way to relate to difficult thoughts and feelings without denying them or allowing them to dictate every choice. Susan David encourages readers to notice internal experiences, create some distance from them, reconnect with values, and choose actions that fit the situation. The book is especially relevant for people who feel trapped by rigid self-stories, avoidance, or the pressure to stay positive. It emphasizes that emotional health is not the absence of discomfort but the capacity to respond with openness and intention.
About the author
Susan David is a psychologist, researcher, speaker, and author. Her work centers on emotions, values, psychological flexibility, leadership, and resilience. She is known for challenging rigid ideas about positive and negative emotion. Emotional Agility translates that perspective into a process for noticing internal experience and making choices that are more consistent with personal values.
Kristin says
This is a great book about becoming less rigid in our thinking and in the narratives we tell ourselves. Susan David teaches us to notice emotions and thinking patterns, detach from them, and change our perspective.
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