Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay

This book offers an approachable illustrated guide to managing difficult emotions. We often struggle to talk about and handle our emotions due to societal pressure and modern uncertainty. Authors Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy’s online community has shared experiences with productivity guilt, pandemic anxiety, and Zoom fatigue. This book addresses anyone intimidated by overwhelming feelings, providing tools to understand them, find comfort, and gain agency. Each chapter examines an uncomfortable feeling, such as envy, burnout, and anxiety, and offers strategies to turn big emotions into manageable ones. You’ll learn:

- How to use intrusive thoughts as a compass for decision-making

- How to identify and communicate anger productively

- Why perfectionism might exist even without perfection

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