Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-03-13
Chris Williamson & Ethan Kross: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #914
How To Stop Feeling Negative Emotions All The Time - Dr Ethan Kross - #914
Ethan Kross is a psychologist, professor, and author. Emotions are complex.
Ethan Kross discussed Bible.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bible
Discussed“you know bestselling book of all time the Bible one of the most famous stories in that book story of Adam and Eve it's a story of emotion disregulation”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Shift
“this conversation here about evolutionary significance touches on this topic of like toxic positivity which I talk about in the book as something that I'm not a huge fan of because we often hear that the goal in life should be to maximize positivity and try to avoid negative emotional exp”
Plugged Shift
“so the invitation I'd love to give people is I can give you the tools right and that's what my book is all about here are the tools”
Plugged Shift
“and I spent a chapter talking about this in the book there are facets of our emotional lives that we cannot control and I now believe that with every iota of of being that I am”
Plugged Shift
“well but but look but like this is so like you know in the book I provide this decision tree if you will to how do you know if approaching is working or not”
Plugged Shift
“I wrote about it in the book because it was so powerful which I think captures this experience that all of us have at times we know we totally know that”
Plugged Chatter
“it's the uh tea house that I I wrote my first book and it's one of my offices on campus”
Plugged Shift
“I've said this to my kids at times um and it's probably the worst advice I've ever given because social comparisons are how we work”
Plugged Shift
“and and you know that's that's a hope of this book to to Really emphasize that for folks I think the so final element I have it's so great”
Plugged Shift
“um and it's actually the penultimate chapter of my book um and it's titled from from from knowing to doing”
Plugged Shift
“um www. Ethan cross with a k k rs.com and they can get all the information they'd like about about shift the book un lab and and lots of other stuff”