Quick Tips for Bottlers and Brooders

By Susan David

Are you a bottler or a brooder? Both are rigid ways of dealing with our emotions. Bottling is when you push aside difficult emotions and brooding is when you dwell on them. Emotional agility offers us other, more effective ways to engage.

This video explores another technique for how to engage with emotions in a healthier way.

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Susan David

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 10 million people. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and often appears on national radio and television. Learn more.

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