Permission to Feel
Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
by Marc Brackett
Recommended by Hugh Jackman and Vivek Murthy
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychology, Personal Development, and Social Sciences.
The mental wellbeing of children and Adult,s is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University's Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligen...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychology, Personal Development, and Social Sciences.
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Vivek Murthy
“Powerful new book from @marcbrackett on modern society’s difficulty talking about emotions and his experience cultivating emotional intelligence with children. Thank you Marc! #PermissionToFeel”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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