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Positive Emotions

The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions explains how positive emotions can broaden one’s thoughts, actions, and awareness.

Anger management teens

Anger Management for Teens: Helpful Worksheets & Resources

Anger is not all bad. Used strategically, it can help us pursue our goals and, within limits, drive us to find a happier and healthier [...]

Anger management kids

Anger Management for Kids: 14 Best Activities & Worksheets

When we become upset about something, we need time to process the emotions we experience. Even after the problem has gone away or an apology [...]

Emotional Contagion

What Is Emotional Contagion Theory? (Definition & Examples)

You come home from a hard day at work, feeling tired and down. Opening the front door, you are hit with the sights, sounds, and [...]

Savoring in psychology

Savoring in Positive Psychology: 21 Tools to Appreciate Life

It’s challenging to focus on the bright side while living in a fast-paced world and being immersed in an influx of information heavily centered on [...]

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy: 17 Tools for Your EFT Sessions

Emotions are one of the most complex biological processes of humankind. The word dates back to 1579 from the French word emouvoir, which means “to [...]

How to be vulnerable

How to Be Vulnerable in Life and Therapy

Standing at the front of the church, giving my father’s eulogy, I felt equally vulnerable and empowered. The situation was bigger than me, and the [...]

Express emotions

How to Express Your Feelings: 30+ Emotional Expression Tips

Aristotle spoke of the pleasures inherent in the cathartic release of tension. Catharsis has since been used within the mental health field as a way [...]

Understanding Emotions

Understanding Emotions: 15 Ways to Identify Your Feelings

Human emotions evolved so that we can respond quickly to life-or-death situations. After all, while fear may prevent us from behaving in a ‘life-limiting’ way, [...]

What is the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule? (PANAS)

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule or (PANAS) is a scale that consists of different words that describe feelings and emotions. (Magyar-Moe, 2009). One of [...]

How to regulate emotion

Emotional Regulation: 6 Key Skills to Regulate Emotions

Emotions signal threats and rewards. Much like a compass that guides us in the right direction, emotions have the power to guide us to the [...]

3 Emotional Intelligence Exercises (PDF)