The writer/illustrator duo known as Liz and Mollie (Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy) have a wonderful way of making charming graphics out of life insights and good advice. Their book No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work argues that we would enjoy our work more if we weren’t so discouraged from feeling our feelings while on the clock.
In fact, the pair have worked with companies of all sizes to help them improve their workplace culture. Their advice is sound, and their delivery method is pure genius. I find most self-help books preachy or smug or downright insulting, but I feel like Liz and Mollie’s delivery makes their messages much more accessible. I find it much easier to hear and consider their advice. There’s something profound about taking insights on how to live a happier, more balanced life and turning them into simple graphics. Their simplicity makes the advice seem more accessible, more possible to follow.
The pair were clearly meant to be friends and collaborators. They realized early on that they (like me) were both extroverted introverts. Their origin story is just perfect.
“In 2013, Liz accepted a job in New York City and began to plan her move from San Francisco. Afraid of her impending introduction to what she perceived as the abrasive and unrelenting New York world, she frantically asked everyone she knew to set her up on NYC friend dates. Two months later, she met Mollie at a small café in the city, where they talked laughed, and knew they were going to be fast friends.
– About Liz and Mollie
I really recommend you follow these brilliant writers on their website, their blog, or on Instagram.
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September 29, 2021 at 9:16 am
I love Liz and Mollie—they need to come to my workplace to talk some sense in to our administration. Love the one about the kitchen! My son is a college student and is living off campus this year and I think he is learning some of these lessons.
Love the part about ” we would enjoy our work more if we weren’t so discouraged from feeling our feelings while on the clock.” I am a nurse and most days I am pretty good about masking my feelings which can be a good thing in some situations. But pretending everything is okay during a pandemic leads to burnout—and a loss of employees.
If there is anyone in healthcare reading there is guy named @dglaucomflecken that has a twitter and tiktok account who occasionally speaks to some of these issues–he can be quite funny. People need more than resiliency learning modules, resiliency pizzas and motivational words from supervisors to get through these tough times.
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October 1, 2021 at 1:59 pm
Thank you for the recommendation! I’m not in healthcare, but I’m going to check him out, too!
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September 29, 2021 at 1:13 pm
These graphics are great. They are presented to simply but they are so incisive and actually pretty powerful. The one about taking a break only once you are running on fumes struck a particular cord with me today. I am definitely going to give them a follow.
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October 1, 2021 at 1:58 pm
They give good advice!
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September 30, 2021 at 1:53 pm
Thank you for posting this. I get so many good Instagrams to follow from you.
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October 1, 2021 at 1:54 pm
Thank you! That’s nice to hear.
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