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Positive emotions can influence how we think, connect, and experience the world around us. Explore research and insights on positive emotions and their role in well-being.

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What happens to unprocessed emotions?

Unprocessed Emotions: When Feelings Go Unfinished

Many of us have a default strategy for handling difficult emotions: Wait them out, try to[...]
Best way to process emotions

How to Process Your Emotions: A Simple Step-By-Step Guide

Many of us were taught how to manage our emotions, push through them, or wait for[...]
Building emotional skills

5 Reasons to Develop Your Emotional Skills (+ Course)

Many of us see emotions as irritating interruptions—signs of weakness that prevent “real” thinking and rational[...]
Identifying emotions

Emotion Identification: A Daily Practice for Better Self-Awareness

Clients often tell us they feel “stressed,” “overwhelmed,” or “upset,” without realizing that these broad labels[...]
The Wheel of Emotions

The Emotion Wheel: Exploring a Compass for Feelings

Do you know how many emotions a human can experience? A study by Cowen and Keltner[...]
Cannon-Bard Theory of Emot

Understanding the Cannon–Bard Theory of Emotion: 3 Examples

We describe ourselves as seeing red when angry, turning green with disgust, or flustered when excited.[...]
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[...]
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[...]
positive and negative effect schedule

PANAS Scale: The Positive & Negative Affect Schedule

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule or (PANAS) is a scale that consists of different words[...]

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