As infants, our emotional expression is our primary mode of communication: Crying when we are distressed or laughing and smiling when we are happy. We tend to become upset (e.g., angry, sad, or ...

When emotions start to spiral, most people try to suppress them or fix them immediately, but that usually just makes it worse. The five-minute rule therapists use takes a different approach entirely.

We’ve all been there: We’re freaking out about something that just happened to us — what someone did to us, said to us, or didn’t do for us. And we’re pissed or terrified, or defeated — our emotions ...

You know that feeling when everything hits you at once and your emotional thermostat just breaks? One minute you’re handling life like a reasonable adult, and the next minute you’re either crying in a ...

We need to manage and control our emotions better–and by better, I mean by not managing and controlling, but by utilizing and exercising them. “I need to control my emotions” is oft-spoken self-talk ...

The way we deal with our feelings has undergone a significant transformation over the years. The older generation, often referred to as the “suck it up, move on, get on with it’ generation, had a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Emotional regulation is an executive function, the brain’s ...

“I want to stop feeling lonely.” “I don’t want to feel so angry.” “I wish I could get rid of my anxiety.” If I had a dollar for every client who expressed desires like these, I’d have a nice stack o’ ...

We don’t struggle with emotions because something’s wrong with us; we struggle with them because we don’t understand how they work. Think about it: If you were never taught how numbers work, would you ...