Emotional labor is the act of managing your emotions to present yourself in a certain way while doing a job, spending time with friends, or in other activities. Depending on your personality, you may ...

DEAR READER: It’s not a question of if, but when, your emotions emerge, how can you keep calm and carry on? If you’ve ever lost control of your emotions at work, you’re not alone. According to an ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own and other’s emotions. People who are high in EI tend to have more satisfying personal and professional ...

A new paper published in the academic journal Canadian Psychology attempts to define an important yet elusive concept in clinical psychology: emotion dysregulation. According to the researchers, it is ...

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 ...

There are times when my emotions really get in my way. When I perform on stage, fear of failure makes my heart race and throat clench. Or when a friend says something hurtful to me, I can’t stop ...

As a licensed professional counselor and play therapist working with children ages 3-10, my work focuses on supporting ...

Ethan Kross’s grandmother, Dora Kremin, survived the horrors of the Holocaust by staying one step ahead of the Nazis, finding refuge in the bitter cold forest, begging for shelter from strangers and ...

There are the good manageable emotions like the love you feel when you see your significant other or a piece of avocado toast. Then there are the really difficult to manage emotions such as the rage ...

Children show distress in subtle ways. When adults listen with intention, they help children feel safe, regulate emotions, and choose healthier ways to respond.

We need to manage and control our emotions better–and by better, I mean by not managing and controlling, but by utilizing and exercising them. “I need to control my emotions” is oft-spoken self-talk ...

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 ...