According to Charles Darwin—famous for his revolutionary theory of evolution and natural selection—a small number of basic, universal emotions have evolved in humans and animals because emotions help ...

When we run up against difficult emotions, one of the places I find that people get most tripped up is expecting that there is a certain way that one should feel. And, taking this further, that often ...

We all experience big, difficult emotions from time to time. Instead of managing difficult feelings like anger, sadness or anxiety, some of us try to push those emotions down. Others let those ...

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 ...

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.

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is a type of talk therapy that helps individuals, couples, and families process difficult emotions and build healthier, more secure relationships. Emotion-focused therapy ...