![]() ![]() A pretty sobering statistic that she pokes fun at by quizzing the audience on how much time they spend trying to find just the right emoji while composing a text message. On average the participants could only name three feelings: sad, mad, and glad. ![]() This work began for her by asking 7,000 participants to identify what they were feeling as they were experiencing those feelings. Sounds pretty straightforward right? Let’s just say that there isn’t a feelings wheel on the planet that’ll help prepare you for what you’ll learn from Brown’s astounding research. Human beings are fundamentally feeling creatures that think, and if we don’t have the correct words to express what we are experiencing, we cannot make meaningful connections with ourselves or others. The central question posited at the outset of the series is “how do we cultivate meaningful connection with ourselves and each other?” While it’s daunting to try to distill five hours and 18.5 pages of notes down to one article, I wanted to provide a summary that would encourage people to watch the series. ![]()
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