Library / Feelings

For when you feel

Communication

Saying what you mean and being heard: the conversations that are hard to start and harder to get right.

160 picks matched to this feeling

Films

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  Shrek 2
  Film · 2004
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  That Awkward Moment
  Film · 2014
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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Film · 2004
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  Rabbit Hole
  Film · 2010
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  20th Century Women
  Film · 2016
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  A Separation
  Film · 2011
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  Adam
  Film · 2009
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  Before Midnight
  Film · 2013
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  Blue Valentine
  Film · 2010
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  Children of a Lesser God
  Film · 1986
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  Her
  Film · 2013
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  Marriage Story
  Film · 2019
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  Ordinary Love
  Film · 2019
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  The Big Sick
  Film · 2017
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  The Kids Are All Right
  Film · 2010
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  The Miracle Worker
  Film · 1962
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  The Theory of Everything
  Film · 2014
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  Toni Erdmann
  Film · 2016
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  When Harry Met Sally...
  Film · 1989
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  C'mon C'mon
  Film · 2021
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  Revolutionary Road
  Film · 2008
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  The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  Film · 2021
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  Friends with Benefits
  Film · 2011
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  When a Man Loves a Woman
  Film · 1994
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  No Strings Attached
  Film · 2011
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  Drinking Buddies
  Film · 2013
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  Loop
  Film · 2020
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  Bros
  Film · 2022

TV shows

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  The Bridge (Bron/Broen)
  TV · 2011–2018
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  In Treatment
  TV · 2008–2010; 2021
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  Love Is Blind
  TV · 2020–present
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  Sex Education
  TV · 2019–2023
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  Supernanny
  TV · 2004–2008 (UK); 2005–2011, 2020 (US)
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  You're the Worst
  TV · 2014–2019
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  All in the Family
  TV · 1971–1979
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  Black-ish
  TV · 2014–2022
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  The Good Doctor
  TV · 2017–2024
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  Normal People
  TV · 2020
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  The Bob Newhart Show
  TV · 1972–1978
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  Married at First Sight
  TV · 2014–present (US); 2015–present (Australia)
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  Parks and Recreation
  TV · 2009–2015
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  thirtysomething
  TV · 1987–1991
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  The Rehearsal
  TV · 2022–2025
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  Scenes from a Marriage
  TV · 2021

Documentaries

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  Couples Therapy
  Documentary · 2019–present
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  Love on the Spectrum
  Documentary · 2019–present
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  Life, Animated
  Documentary · 2016
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  Autism in Love
  Documentary · 2015
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  Of Two Minds
  Documentary · 2012

Books

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  Adolphe
  Book · 1816
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  A Doll's House
  Book · 1879
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  Everything I Never Told You
  Book · 2014
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  The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
  Book · 1899 (title story); collections 1917 onward
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  Pride and Prejudice
  Book · 1813
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  The Rabbit Listened
  Book · 2018
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  A Silent Voice
  Book · 2013
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  Are You My Mother?
  Book · 2012
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  The Left Hand of Darkness
  Book · 1969
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  The Prophet
  Book · 1923
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  The Reason I Jump
  Book · 2007
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  Revolutionary Road
  Book · 1961
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  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
  Book · 2015
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  Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
  Book · 2010
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  Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
  Book · 2008
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  Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
  Book · 2019
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  Beautiful World, Where Are You
  Book · 2021
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  Broke Millennial Talks Money: Scripts, Stories, and Advice to Navigate Awkward Financial Conversations
  Book · 2020
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  Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship
  Book · 2011
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  How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love
  Book · 2021

Games

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  Depression Quest
  Game · 2013
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  Florence
  Game · 2018
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  It Takes Two
  Game · 2021
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  To the Moon
  Game · 2011
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  Emily Is Away
  Game · 2015

Songs

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  Brave
  Song · 2013
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  Best Part
  Song · 2017
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  Daughters
  Song · 2003
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  Ex-Factor
  Song · 1998
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  Father and Son
  Song · 1970
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  Hard Place
  Song · 2019
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  Lover
  Song · 2019
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  Ordinary People
  Song · 2004
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  Roar
  Song · 2013
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  Say Something
  Song · 2013
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  Self Control
  Song · 2016
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  Somebody That I Used to Know
  Song · 2011
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  The Living Years
  Song · 1988
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  Better Together
  Song · 2005
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  PRBLMS
  Song · 2016
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  Complicated
  Song · 2002
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  Soap
  Song · 2015
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  Dear Friend
  Song · 1971
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  Girl, so confusing
  Song · 2024
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  The Sound of Silence
  Song · 1964
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  Jo Bhi Main
  Song · 2011
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  Rose-Colored Boy
  Song · 2017
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  Ask
  Song · 1986
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  Ms. Jackson
  Song · 2000
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  Martha
  Song · 2010
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  The Girl and the Robot
  Song · 2009
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  Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
  Song · 2004
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  Superwoman
  Song · 1988
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  Paranoid
  Song · 2008
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  Futile Devices
  Song · 2010
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  Spit of You
  Song · 2021
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  Psycho
  Song · 2019
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  Tous les mêmes
  Song · 2013
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  Say My Name
  Song · 1998
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  Nothing Better
  Song · 2003
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  Suspicious Minds
  Song · 1985
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  Don't Speak
  Song · 1995
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  Jealous Guy
  Song · 1971
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  Trouble
  Song · 2000
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  Flaws
  Song · 2011
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  Don't You Want Me
  Song · 1981
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  We Can Work It Out
  Song · 1965
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  Focus
  Song · 2016
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  Mother Mother
  Song · 1996
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  Talk
  Song · 2019
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  Teach Your Children
  Song · 1970
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  Can We Talk
  Song · 1993
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  Communication Breakdown
  Song · 1970

Album

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  Rumours
  Album · 1977

Podcasts

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  ADHD reWired
  Podcast · 2014–present
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  Psychologists Off the Clock
  Podcast · 2016–present
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  Speaking of Psychology
  Podcast · 2013–present
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  Therapist Uncensored
  Podcast · 2016–present
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  Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
  Podcast · 2017–present
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  Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch
  Podcast · 2020–present (new sessions appear to have stopped; feed still posts encores and one-year-later follow-ups in 2026)
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  Heavyweight
  Podcast · 2016–2023 (Gimlet); 2025–present (Pushkin)
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  Hidden Brain
  Podcast · 2015–present
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  Small Things Often
  Podcast · 2020–2022
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  We Can Do Hard Things
  Podcast · 2021–present
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  Love Letters: Situationships, explained (Nov. 19, 2025)
  Podcast · 2025

Stand-up

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  Mike Birbiglia: The New One
  Stand-up · 2019

TV episodes

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  The West Wing: Noël (S2E10)
  TV episode · 2000
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  Seinfeld: The Deal (S2E9)
  TV episode · 1991
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  New Girl: Fluffer (S2E3)
  TV episode · 2012

Videos

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  "Danny & Annie" from StoryCorps
  Video · Unconfirmed (animation broadcast on PBS POV Aug 2010; Part 2 conversation recorded early 2006)
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  "Q&A" from StoryCorps
  Video · Unconfirmed (animation broadcast on PBS POV Aug 2010; conversation recorded early 2006)
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  Brené Brown on Empathy
  Video · 2013
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  Living with a black dog
  Video · 2013
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  Amazing Things Happen - by Alexander Amelines
  Video · 2017
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  Being Mortal (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
  Video · 2015
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  Brené Brown on Blame
  Video · 2015
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  Connected, but alone? | Sherry Turkle
  Video · 2012
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  Emotional Reasoning- The Cognitive Distortion that makes you Emotionally Reactive - Anxiety 18/30
  Video · Unconfirmed (companion post on therapyinanutshell.com dated Jan 2024)
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  Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved | Esther Perel | TED
  Video · 2015
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  Tea Consent
  Video · 2015
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  The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED
  Video · 2013
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  What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
  Video · 2015
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  Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy | Ryan Martin
  Video · 2018
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  Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part
  Video · 2015