--- title: Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work description: Here's why you should be more emotional at work, according to Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, co-authors of "No Hard Feelings." canonical: https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/ author: Annabel Gutterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-03T20:32:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:58:07.695Z og:title: Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work og:description: And how to get to know your co-workers better og:url: https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68404e16a7a636e9/69894286db2987b0e4261902/no-hard-feelings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: No-Hard-Feelings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work twitter:description: And how to get to know your co-workers better twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68404e16a7a636e9/69894286db2987b0e4261902/no-hard-feelings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work  by [Annabel Gutterman](https://time.com/author/annabel-gutterman/)  ## Annabel Gutterman Senior Editor Jan 3, 2019 8:32 PM UTC  Astrakan Images—Getty Images/Cultura RF  by [Annabel Gutterman](https://time.com/author/annabel-gutterman/)  ## Annabel Gutterman Senior Editor Jan 3, 2019 8:32 PM UTC Go ahead, [cry at your desk](http://time.com/4513209/cry-crying-at-work-tears/) this year, write Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy. As friends and co-authors of [_No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533834/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525533834&linkId=bb449631cea91dabbb9f05020fcb3e6b), they argue that the office would be a much more enjoyable place if we weren’t so discouraged from feeling our feelings while on the clock. Fosslien and Duffy’s book balances heartfelt advice with fun features like Bingo for Meetings and illustrations that poke fun at our common foibles, like overthinking emails and doing work during a [vacation day](http://time.com/money/4797211/americans-vacation-days/). To start bringing your emotions to work, they recommend adding “microactions” to your daily routine: instead of mindlessly passing your co-worker in the hallway, give her a hello, or if you’re feeling adventurous, even say her name out loud. Allow empathy into conversations with co-workers rather than sticking to rote small talk, and you may find yourself with more co-workers to commiserate with — which makes the start of a new work year a little less daunting. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/"},"headline":"Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work","datePublished":"2019-01-03T20:32:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:58:07.695Z","description":"And how to get to know your co-workers better","url":"https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/","keywords":["Living","Work","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68404e16a7a636e9/69894286db2987b0e4261902/no-hard-feelings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Annabel Gutterman","jobTitle":"Senior Editor","url":"https://time.com/author/annabel-gutterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68404e16a7a636e9/69894286db2987b0e4261902/no-hard-feelings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"No-Hard-Feelings","caption":"Colleagues with sticky notes","creditText":"Astrakan Images—Getty Images/Cultura RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5492080/emotions-work-advice/","name":"Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work"}}]}] ```