From a young age, many people absorb a simple hierarchy of emotions. Happiness is good. Anger is bad. Calm means you’re mature. Anxiety means something’s wrong with you. Sadness is something to get ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

‘Emotion’ is a relatively recent term and there are languages that do not carry an equivalent. Historically, people spoke not of emotions but of passions. The passions encompass, or encompassed, not ...

In this third piece of a five-part series on the fundamental tools that should be in our self-care tool chests when we come from relational trauma backgrounds, we explore another proverbial drawer: ...

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Human beings experience an array of emotions in almost every moment of their life, with each one typically lasting anywhere from a few minutes to several hours at a time. This is to say, life can be ...

Can you see yourself in one of these scenarios, or a similar one? If so, you’re spending what’s called “emotional labor.” What is emotional labor? How does it affect you and your people? And how can ...

When Leonardo DiCaprio, who was born in 1974, made headlines this week for joking in an interview with Esquire that he “turned emotionally 35 last year,” I was reminded of the wide gulf in emotional ...