For episode 246, Susan Cain makes her first appearance on the Metta Hour! Susan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Quiet, and Bittersweet, which was also an Oprah Book Club selection. She has spent the last twenty years exploring a particular realm of human nature: the quiet, the sensitive, the thoughtful, the bittersweet. Susan’s record-smashing TED talks have been viewed over 50 million times and she the host of the Quiet Life online community. In this conversation, Susan and Sharon discuss:How Susan approaches writingVIA character strength testDoes great art have to come from great painHow suffering brings us togetherSusan embracing her “differences”The Quiet Life CommunityWhy sadness is a bridge to connectionThe Dalai Lama the DarwinistMoral elevationDipa Ma telling Sharon she would teachLeonard Coen as Susan’s patron saintBeauty in the broken worldNever be ashamed of your sufferingThe history of the word “loser”Susan learning Lovingkindness meditationLovingkindness and boundariesChocolate and Brussels sproutsSusan closes the conversation with a guided reflection. You can join Susan’s Quiet Life Community right here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.