Emotions are constructed, not discovered. Relational safety—not precise labels—allows the brain to tolerate uncertainty, ...

Adolescence is a time of heightened emotion. Stress, excitement, anxiety, frustration, and joy flow through classrooms every day. But how do these emotions affect how students learn and connect with ...

Emotional regulation skills for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may include identifying triggers, managing stress, and trying breathing exercises. OCD involves distressing, intrusive, and ...

Below, Marc Brackett shares five key insights from his new book, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want. Emotion regulation is one of the most important skills for both ...

Everyone can experience difficulties managing their emotions or reactions to events in their lives. Several strategies can help, such as deep breathing, sensory grounding, mindfulness, acceptance, and ...

A new study is among the first of its kind to identify brain regions unique to emotion regulation in the human brain, providing novel therapeutic approaches. A recent study led by Dartmouth College ...

Life is unpredictable, and so are our emotions. There’s no manual dictating when you’ll experience the myriad of different feelings humans do, so it’s something you have to figure out on your own. You ...

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.

A psychologist suggests interactions with a particular parent help kids better process their emotions. Parents are often a kid's first introduction to identifying and managing their emotions. From joy ...