Shift : Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Oprah Daily’s Best Self-Help Books for Personal Growth in 2025, Next Big Idea Club’s Highly Anticipated Books, and Adam Grant’s 10 New Books to Feed Your Mind

A myth-busting, science-based guide that addresses the timeless question of how to manage your emotional life using tools you already possess—from the bestselling author of Chatter.

How do we make our emotions work for us rather than against us? This age-old question lies at the heart of this eye-opening book from acclaimed psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Ethan Kross. Whether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic, or devastation after a painful break-up, Shift teaches us how we can learn to see the many emotions that send us spiraling as our superpower.

Shift dispels common myths about our emotions—for instance, that avoidance is always toxic or that we should always strive to live in the moment—while weaving groundbreaking research with riveting stories of people struggling and succeeding to manage their own. The personal accounts hit hard, from a mother whose fear prompted her to make a spur-of-the-moment decision that would save her daughter’s life mid-flight to a nuclear code-carrying Navy SEAL who learned how to embrace both joy and pain during a hellish training activity. Filled with actionable advice, cutting-edge research, and empowering meditations, Shift puts the power back into our hands, so we can control our emotions—and not the other way around.