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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Over-intellectualizing emotions instead of experiencing them can be as harmful as wallowing in them without stepping back to understand why we feel that way. Many of us cope with difficult emotions in ...

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: ...

Mary Jo’s Response: Break-ups can be difficult. You’re wise to consider processing emotions. There’s no one way to deal with a broken relationship. Have you considered this unwanted change in your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our feelings come from our thoughts. When we first realize the power our thoughts have, we often jump right to the “let’s have happy thoughts” place in our lives. If we only think happy thoughts, then ...