Sweet and bitter

How do we heal sadness and longing?

Author's Name: Susan Cain

In her new masterpiece, Susan Cain explores the power of a distinctive personality type and reveals an important, often misunderstood aspect of psychology that can offer us tremendous potential and help us cope with much of life's suffering.

In her book "Quiet," Susan Cain urged our society to make space for introverts, revealing their untapped power. Now, she uses the same combination of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we feel sadness and longing, and how embracing these feelings is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence.

Kane shows us how these feelings have the power to help us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether caused by death, separation, addiction, or illness. She demonstrates how if we don't acknowledge our own pain and longings, we can end up inflicting them on others through abuse, domination, or neglect.

If you've ever wondered why you love sad music...
If you find comfort or inspiration on a rainy day...
If you interact strongly with music, art, nature, and beauty...