Emotions
Inner Peace
A staple of wellbeing is finding inner peace. A biological system constantly in stress weakens…
Healthy Coping Skills
The flourishing life is not stress free. It is stress resilient. The flourishing life manages…
Emotionally Confused
Emotions lie beneath the surface, unnoticed they covertly hijack our motivation. Emotionally confused we can’t…
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance, a term introduced by psychologist Leon Festinger, refers to the mental discomfort experienced…
Emotional Intelligence
In 1995, Daniel Goleman’s best-selling book brought the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) to main…
Peace and Happiness
Thoughts can drain happiness in the present with worry and regret. Mindfulness can soothe agitated…
Pain Body
Our pain memories accumulate and repeatedly surface. Eckart Tolle refers to these pain memories as…
Emotional Outbursts
Emotions swirl as we crash into others and experience. The collision creates an emotional storm,…
Misguided Thoughts that Stir Emotions
Misguided thoughts stir powerful emotions, inviting maladaptive behaviors. With mindful attentiveness, we can intervene and…
Sharing Emotions
Shared emotion is a coordinated affective reaction to the same environmental trigger. This is a…
Mental Fatigue
Our minds get tired. Prolonged heightened emotion exhausts our brains and we become mentally fatigued,…
Feeling Shame
Feeling shame weighs us down, interfering with healthy endeavors. We can lighten the weight of…
Rumination
We ruminate. Reliving and reconstructing the past. Our mind can get stuck in rumination that…
Starving the Donkey
We can’t train the donkey not to eat. We can’t train our bodies not to…
Dyadic Regulation
Dyadic regulation refers to emotional regulation achieved through others. With dyadic regulation, partners can better…
Ego Development
Through a mix of biological givens and environmental influences, we develop adaptive and maladaptive patterns…
Destructive Emotions
Aroused emotions push for action. Destructive emotions motivate maladaptive action that move us away from…
Emotion Lability
Research on the definition, symptoms, and causes of emotion lability. Emotion lability is often a…
Repressed Anger
We respond to anger. The powerful emotion overwhelms and some repress. Repressed anger may leave…
Overactive Mind
Overactive minds plan, prepare and calculate. Overactive minds also struggle to shut down, interfering with…
Negative Affect
We experience feeling affects across a spectrum of positive and negative. Some feeling affects calm…
Hopelessness
This article explores the complex psychological state of hopelessness, its causes, manifestations, and coping strategies….
Emotional Discomfort
Life brings notable events that cause discomfort. Learning how to regulate the emotional discomfort is…
Prediction Psychology
According to predictive psychology, our brain engages in a predictive process to budget energy and…