June 2026
Beginner
160 pages
1h 29m
English
After navigating a global pandemic, dealing with geopolitical strife, and living with constant uncertainty, tensions are high. While conducting research for our book Big Feelings, we heard from readers who told us that they’d lost their cool over all kinds of seemingly small triggers: inconsistent Wi-Fi, an email from their boss that just read “?” or a coworker pinging them at 4:45 p.m. asking for a quick favor.
When we face chronic stress or trauma, our brain “rewires the rage circuits,” explains neuroscientist R. Douglas Fields in his book Why We Snap. In other words, the sustained level of stress and fear you experience every day when you’re under pressure depletes ...
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