The mental health of our society is far from ideal. Rates of stress, depression, and anxiety are increasing. The data on college students is especially troubling. There are likely many reasons for ...

Parenting isn't just about navigating your children's emotional ups and downs. We also need to work with our own big feelings ...

The art of not snapping comes down to learning how to handle your stress response before your mouth gets ahead of your brain.

Fast Company recently interviewed Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, a senior researcher at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, on what it means to lead a creative life. In this essay, she shares one ...

Parents' responses to emotions create the foundation for how children understand and express their own feelings. When parents respond with warmth and understanding, children learn that emotions are ...

A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain. The study is based on a randomised ...

Have you ever felt like your thoughts are moving too fast to keep up with, or that your emotions are tangled in ways you can’t quite unravel? Life has a way of throwing curveballs, and sometimes, the ...

Why do we develop an aversion to the all-too-human experience of feeling our feelings? Here are 10 questions to know how often you invalidate your own emotions. Emotions are more than just fleeting ...

Why do young children often miss the emotions behind adult expressions? A pioneering study led by researcher Xie Wanze from Peking University's School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, in ...

Every parent wants the best for their child, but sometimes the words we use can have unintended consequences. It's easy to get caught up in the moment and say things we don't mean. However, certain ...

Alcoholics’ brains may process emotion differently than those of people who don’t have a history of alcohol abuse, according to a study published in the November issue of the journal Alcoholism: ...