Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2026-05-08
Books mentioned on Why You Don’t Feel at Peace (And How to Get It Back)
Jay Shetty discussed The Managed Heart by Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, and The Disease to Please by Harriet Braiker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Managed Heart
Discussed“There's a concept in social psychology called emotional labor, first articulated by sociologist Hochschild in her 1983 book The Managed Heart.”
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The Dance of Anger
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner is a prominent self-help and psychology book that guides readers through understanding and changing relational patterns, particularly focusing on how women can navigate anger in close relationships.
Discussed“Research by psychologist Harriet Lerner, specifically her groundbreaking work in The Dance of Anger, shows that the pattern of over-functioning in families is almost always a self-reinforcing loop.”
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The Disease to Please
Discussed“The research on chronic people-pleasing by psychologist Harriet Braiker in her book The Disease to Please found that compulsive people-pleasing is not a personality trait.”
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