Flex Your Feelings - by Anhalt (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is Atomic Habits for your mental health--a data-driven, practical, step-by-step plan for developing the 7 essential traits of emotional strength necessary to face all of life's challenges and become the best leader, entrepreneur, and human you can be.

Can you train your brain for greater emotional health,
just like you train your body for better physical fitness?

We know how to push our bodies for peak physical fitness--but when it comes to our emotional health, many of us just wing it. What if you could coach your mind for greater satisfaction and success, just like you train your body to get stronger? That's the promise of Flex Your Feelings, a data-driven, step-by-step plan for developing the 7 essential traits of emotional fitness necessary to become the best leader, entrepreneur, and human you can be.

Here's the good news: emotional fitness can be LEARNED...even if you didn't grow up with mentally strong role models, and even if you're not sure how to do it. Dr. Emily Anhalt--psychologist to the Silicon Valley tech elite and founder of Coa, the "gym" for mental fitness--offers a prescriptive, 7-step plan to help you develop the emotional strength and flexibility to cope with whatever comes your way. As you progress in your career and through your life, she explains, emotional intelligence isn't just a "nice to have" soft skill. It's a vital talent that allows you to show up as your best self, in good times and during tough moments. In Flex Your Feelings, you'll find a blueprint for building an emotional fitness practice that works for you--so you can live it, every day.

"This book is a necessary and essential addition to the world of mental health." --Kevin Love, NBA All Star

Review Quotes

"A practical guide to emotional fitness, from a psychologist who works with high-functioning entrepreneurs." --Scott Galloway, NYU Stern professor of marketing and New York Times bestselling author of The Algebra of Happiness

"If you've ever found yourself struggling in your professional or personal life, you need to read Flex Your Feelings. Dr. Emily Anhalt's data-based plan for building emotional fitness will give you concrete guidance and exercises for how to make better decisions, navigate challenging situations, and show up as your best self." --Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, co-authors of Wall Street Journal bestseller No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

"To advance further in your career--and in your life--you need to cultivate soft skills like empathy, curiosity, and resilience. The good news is these traits can be learned. Flex Your Feelings shows you how to build emotional intelligence just like you'd strengthen a muscle at the gym--through exercises, ongoing practice, and intention. It's a revolutionary and much needed way to think about mental health and burnout--which is good for people and great for business." --Erica Keswin, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Bring Your Human to Work

"Flex Your Feelings is a must-read for any high achiever who has mastered their professional game but never learned to build emotional strength. Dr. Emily Anhalt's wise and refreshing approach will help you build true resilience without sacrificing your ambition. This science-based, practical guide finally bridges the gap between peak performance and mental wellbeing." --Melody Wilding, LMSW, author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work

"If you want to do great things, emotional health can be your superpower. In Dr. Anhalt's practical and engaging book, she shows how to get emotionally fit, so you can show up as your best self at work and at home." --Laura Vanderkam, author of Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters

"Dr. Emily Anhalt is a world-class expert in the field of psychology and emotional fitness. Her work to shift mental health from a reactive practice to a proactive practice has personally impacted me, and I now do Dr. Emily's emotional exercises on a regular basis to improve my well-being. This book is a necessary and essential addition to the world of mental health and will help others develop an ongoing practice." --Kevin Love, NBA All Star

"My ideal read: Quotes. Anecdotes. Insights about unique people with universal problems. Dr. Emily Anhalt distills the emotional struggles we all face into a simple, engaging, and highly useable framework that makes self-discovery not just useful, but powerful. I'm giving this book to my husband." --Lauren Martin, author of The Book of Moods

"Tomorrow's founders require deep and nuanced skills that yesterday's founders often lacked or didn't how to find. Thankfully Dr Emily Anhalt has assembled the resource providing the language, map, and necessary skills to brave the terrain of becoming an emotionally fit founder and leader.... Get and stay ahead without sacrificing your emotional wellbeing." --Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag

About the Author

Dr. Emily Anhalt is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of the mental health startup Coa--the "gym" for mental health. She's consulted for American Express, the NBA, Google, Spotify, and Salesforce, among other companies. She currently splits her time between San Francisco, CA and New York City.