Category: Emotions
Lessons About Facing Emotions From a Standoff With a Fox
Source: Pexels/Pixabay Last summer, I had a most interesting standoff with a fox. I had seen some creature lurking in the far corners of our […]
The One Question That Will Change Your Perspective
In a not so crowded train car of a New York City subway, a man walked in with three young children. He sat down, and […]
The Search for Intense Self-Experience
Our search for aliveness Source: Actionvance/Unsplash Experiencing Oneself in Relation to Life Right now, my mental world consists of seeing the warm hues of autumn […]
Another Possible Gift of Age: Less Emotion Overflow
Source: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz/Pexels When you think about how your life is going and how pleased you are with it, how do you determine the […]
How to Manage the Guilty Pleasure of Watching Others Fall
Source: Lesli Whitecotton / Unsplash Have you ever felt a little rush of joy after seeing the downfall of someone you don’t particularly like? This […]
Allow Me to Interject |
Some parts of speech get lots of attention from language researchers. Nouns and verbs certainly do, and this seems appropriate, given that they refer to […]
Exploring Emotion Recognition With Brain-Machine Interfaces
Source: vecstock / Freepik One of the great mysteries of humankind is the perception of emotion. We understand the parts of the brain where emotions […]
How to Change the Course of Your Emotions
Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels This post is by Maia ten Brink, Ph.D. How do we change an emotion that’s unhelpful in a particular situation? How […]
The Benefits of a Responsible Adult Tantrum
Source: Jan KopÅiva/Pexels Tantrums are usually associated with children and are often considered unpleasant and unwanted. But what if we could welcome and accept tantrums […]
Are You a Rational Thinker or an Emotional Thinker?
How do you make decisions in life? Do you make them based on reason or emotion? Are the life choices you make a product of […]