Susan Cain on Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Episode Highlights With Susan CainWhat led her to write her book “Quiet” and why "Bittersweet" was an important follow upThe importance of joy and sorrow together for the fullness of lifeWhy the impermanence of life paradoxically leads to joyConnection of melancholy and love and why certain sad music can touch us so deeplyWhat studies show about the relationship between a melancholic state of mind and creativityThe wounded healer archetype and why a very high percentage of people we consider ...