Positive Emotions
The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions explains how positive emotions can broaden one’s thoughts, actions, and awareness.
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 [...]
What are Positive and Negative Emotions and Do We Need Both?
You might think that positive psychology is all about positive emotions. You’d be forgiven for thinking that, given positive psychology’s inherent positive bent! But the [...]
What are Negative Emotions and How to Control Them?
We all experience emotions from an early age. As adults attempting to navigate the often chaotic world of modern life, the range of emotions we [...]
