#11 Keeping a stiff upper lip

from Life Happens* · host Michelle R Williams and Nick Hirst

How do different cultures show emotion—and what can reality TV reveal about emotional expression?In this episode of Life Happens*, Michelle and Nick explore how UK and US versions of the same reality TV show display strikingly different emotional responses. They unpack the cultural idea of “keeping a stiff upper lip,” its surprising American origins, and whether we’re becoming more emotionally literate as a society.🎧 Listen in to this week’s episode as the two, inter-generational hosts discuss whether we are becoming more emotionally literate.Check it out now to see where you might be on the emotions spectrumLife Happens**but you can too!Follow Life Happens* on:Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifehappens.podcast/⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@lifehappens.podcast?_r=1&_t=ZN-91UHpA5fArG

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