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Substack: It's Not Magic, It's Emotional Labor

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Substack: It's Not Magic, It's Emotional Labor
Jan 01, 2026
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Emotional labor is work that involves managing your and other people’s emotions. Emotion management (also known as emotion work) is how you actively shape and direct your feelings. Emotion management happens internally and is a private activity. It becomes emotional labor when that private activity becomes public work.

This distinction matters

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