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Shift: Ethan Kross on Managing Emotions in a Complex World

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Show Notes

We all experience anxiety, anger, grief, jealousy, and joy—but what if the goal isn't to eliminate difficult emotions, but to learn how to work with them? Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Jon Frankel sit down with bestselling author and University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross to explore the science of emotional regulation, the wisdom of Jewish tradition, and practical tools for navigating life's emotional highs and lows.

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