This was a really helpful book although since I read it so close to 'Atomic Habits' it was a little boring. Susan has a really easy to read style and her advice steers clear of toxic positivity. I'm excited to apply some of her ideas to
my life.

Read the HBR article; not this book.

The concept of emotional agility (essentially, an ability to moderate and be aware of your emotions combined with a practice of resiliency) makes sense. This book, however did not. I found the style of writing to be worthy of eye-rolling. The author doesn't make many substantiated arguments, and more often than not parrots other popular works (Viktor Frankl, Angela Duckworth, Carol Dweck etc.).

In the first chapter of this book, she says she thinks it's unlikely anyone reading it will face institutionalized violence.

A good introductory primer for anyone who is new to the realm of psychology and self-healing but nothing new here for me, unfortunately.

Not too long, but enough to convey important concepts to help us all be better adults - living out our true selves while using our emotions to guide us towards our values and our "why". Emotions don't have to define us and they are not bad. We can use them as data to help us make informed decisions in our lives. This book also provides some tips on how to raise kids to be emotionally agile.

Her Ted Talk and this book are pretty timely given the current culture of toxic positivity and perceiving unpleasant emotions as uncomfortable and unproductive. She pulls ideas from other similar thinkers like Angela Duckworth and Malcolm Gladwell regarding grit and mindfulness as a means to access, process and appropriately label your emotions. A little bit of CBT is also sprinkled throughout the book which I appreciate as someone who benefits from this type of therapy.

Susan David covers a lot in this book, it’s very thorough and especially enriching if you’re familiar with works by Brene Brown, James Clear, Adam Grant or Daniel Kahneman. If you’re familiar with their work and other ideas such as attachment style, kaizen, and other self-development concepts out there, Emotional Agility really ties it all together, in a really empowering and compassionate way. The author brings these ideas to life through anecdotes and case study research. I also really enjoyed her humour, her writing style feels like having a conversation with her. I will definitely continue to refer to it as guide.

DNF. I got the ick when she quoted a paedophile then proceeded to valorise the Fight response while denigrating the Freeze response. Trauma responses are essentially out of one's control, and don't reflect anything about the victim/survivor's moral worth or strength, so.