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 ...

You didn’t mean it to escalate into an argument. You were just trying to have a nice dinner out with friends. But then, Jennifer brought that topic up again; the one that always hits a nerve, and ...

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.

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: ...

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 ...

What is your relationship with your emotions on a daily basis? Some of us might deny that we’re influenced by our feelings at all. Others might try to leave our emotions behind when we move into ...

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 ...