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The Gray Area with Sean Illing

What to do with your sadness, pain, and grief

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

How can we find happiness? That's an old question. Since the beginning of philosophy people have been wondering what makes us happy and how to get more of it. But if you're a real person living in the real world, you know already that it's not possible to be happy all the time. So what do we do when we’re experiencing depression or grief or a dark mood? Philosopher Mariana Alessandri thinks that we should stop trying to repress these feelings. In this conversation, which originally aired in 2023, Sean speaks with Mariana about her book Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods and how our obsession with staying positive has produced destructive emotional cycles. Host, Sean Illing (@seanilling) Guest: Mariana Alessandri, philosopher and author of Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.6

Hey everyone, it's Sean. This week's episode is one I recorded in June of 2023 with Mariana

1:20.5

Alessandre, a philosopher who wrote a book about depression and grief and what it means to live

1:27.0

with and accept those dark emotions.

1:30.6

I know the holidays can be hard for lots of us, and the message of this conversation was that

1:37.1

that's okay, and it doesn't make any of us a failure if we're struggling when we're supposed to be

1:43.1

happy. Rehearing this episode has become

1:46.1

a holiday tradition for us. It's an offering for anyone in the audience who needs it. And even

1:52.2

if you're not struggling during this time, there's a lot of wisdom here. And I hope you'll find

1:57.0

some value in it. All right then, on with the show.

2:12.3

How can we find happiness? That's an old question. One of the oldest, in fact, since the beginning of philosophy, at least, people have been wondering what makes us happy and how to get more of it.

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