Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - Jealousy a Problem? Here's How to Feel Better

My colleague Phil Gerbyshak recently posted an article about freudenfreud. If you’ve never heard the term, you’re in good company – most people haven’t.

Freudenfreud is a term social scientists use to describe the feeling we get when we’re happy for someone else’s good fortune. “Freud” is the German word for “joy” and freudenfreud is so much fun to say that it brings me joy just to say it. Try it – maybe it’ll bring you joy, too.

Jealousy, envy and shame are normal human reactions when someone does something or gets something that we ourselves wanted, and they are the flip side of freudenfreud.

If you’re someone who often feels the more negative feelings when hearing of another’s good fortune, here’s a way to train yourself to feel joy for them: call them up or see them in person, tell them that you’re feeling a little bit jealous of their success, why you think you’re jealous, and then congratulate them. By the time you get to the “congratulate” part you will have turned a mental corner and might be pleasantly surprised to feel the congratulations as a warm glow around your heart.

Freudenfreud is inside that warm glow – let it out and enjoy your friend’s success.

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