In the era of using therapy language to describe everyday emotions and the urge to over pathologize, it’s tempting to see ourselves as damaged and powerless, defined by our past traumas, our emotions, and the struggles we face. But it’s more important than ever to rise above the limiting beliefs and widespread anxiety that puts us in boxes, lowers our expectations, and holds us back. Our obstacles have become so ingrained in our self-concept that we don’t recognize what we could become. And we don’t see that these obstacles are, in many cases, our path to our potential—that we become our greatest self because of, not in spite of, life’s challenges.

In Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential, renowned cognitive psychologist and professor Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. (FAN ’16), among the top 1% most-cited scientists in the world and host of The Psychology Podcast (30 million downloads and frequently ranked the #1 psychology podcast in the world), unpacks the dangerous myths and misleading buzzwords swirling around the popular imagination, revealing the truth about managing our emotions, the double-edged sword of self-esteem, the surprising gifts of sensitivity, and, ultimately, the power each of has to overcome challenges and to shape the course of our own lives.

Kaufman’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review, and he is the author of ten previous books, including Transcend, Wired to Create, and Ungifted. He will be in conversation with Susan Cain (FAN ’13, ’22), author of the #1 New York Times bestselling books Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Cain partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Ph.D. (FAN ’14, ’16), and Dan Pink (FAN ’18, ’22) to curate the Next Big Idea Book Club.

BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy Rise Above from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Kaufman that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page.

This event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.