Bittersweet : how sorrow and longing make us whole / Susan Cain.

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"With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cain, Susan (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Grief. Desire. Melancholy. Self-actualization (Psychology) Self-realization. Depressive Disorder. Chagrin. Désir. Mélancolie. Réalisation de soi. PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions. SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General. Loss (Psychology) SELF-HELP / Spiritual. Self-help publications. Livres de croissance personnelle.
Genre:	SELF-HELP / Spiritual. Self-help publications. Livres de croissance personnelle.
Physical Description:	xxxiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: The power of bittersweet
Part I. Sorrow and longing: how can we transform pain into creativity, transcendence, and love?. What is sadness good for? ; Why do we long for "perfect" and unconditional love? (And what does this have to do with our love of sad songs, rainy days, and even the divine?) ; Is creativity associated with sorrow, longing--and transcendence? ; How should we cope with lost love?
Part II. Winners and losers: how can we live and work authentically in a "tyranny of positivity"?. How did a nation founded on so much heartache turn into a culture of normative smiles? ; How can we transcend enforced positivity in the workplace, and beyond?
Part III. Mortality, impermanence, and grief: how should we live, knowing that we and everyone we love will die?. Should we try to live forever? ; Should we try to "get over" grief and impermanence? ; Do we inherit the pain of our parents and ancestors? And, if so, can we transform it generations later?
Coda: How to go home.