Jealousy vs Envy: The Psychology Behind Our Most Uncomfortable Emotions
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
“Jealous is a green-eyed monster.”
We’re so often told, subliminally and overtly, that jealousy and envy are emotions that we should avoid. But if we get close to jealousy and envy (and yes they’re slightly different), these emotions just might be teaching us something valuable.
In this episode of Hold That Thought, hosts Becca and Taylor explore the origins of Jealousy and Envy and unpack how these emotions that we’re often taught to fear can be powerful in their own way.
This episode is part of the Hold That Thought mini-series— Working Together: Elements of Interpersonal Relationships.
Key Topics: Jealousy, Envy, Yearning, Motivation, Evolutionary Psychologists, Emotions, Vulnerability, Evil Eye
Resources:
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to be Good by Elise Loehnen
Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness: A Process for Reclaiming Your Full Self by Elise Loehnen
The Evolutionary Psychology of Envy and Jealousy
Robert Leahy || The Jealousy Cure
Yearning: the ache at the center of our lives
Hard Won and Easily Lost: A Review and Synthesis of Theory and Research on Precarious Manhood
