Positive Emotions
The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions explains how positive emotions can broaden one’s thoughts, actions, and awareness.
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 [...]
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 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: 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 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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
Using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire
Used to describe a person’s ability to manage and respond to emotional experiences, emotion regulation is a concept receiving ever-growing interest in mental health and [...]
