#Feelings
Psychology | Psychology
The Important Difference Between Emotions and Feelings
Understanding this distinction is crucial to healthy coping.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
Dealing with Big Feelings - Teaching Kids How to Self-Regulate
None of us were born knowing how to control big emotions. For children, learning how to self-regulate will take time, but there are ways to help this along.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Empathy by the Book: How Fiction Affects Behavior
The mental calisthenics required to live inside a fictional character’s skin foster empathy for the people you meet day-to-day. And, surprisingly, not all types of reading have the same effect.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
3 Important Life Skills Nobody Ever Taught You
Some life skills are more valuable than others. Here are three you probably never learned.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
How Babies Quickly Learn to Judge Adults
Even if toddlers can’t tell us, they are making hard and fast judgments about adults, Susan Pinker says about new research.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
A Perfect Apology: The Two Ingredients That Matter Most - PsyBlog
Although there are six components to a good apology, two are most effective.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Anxiety - Research Sheds Light on Why the Worry
People with anxiety have an extraordinary ability to anticipate potential problems. This makes them great to be with – they are the ones with the plan B, the plan C, the spare batteries, the phone charger and the escape route. Being able to anticipate
Health & Fitness | Health News
We're Not as Open-Minded As We Think We Are
We all like to think we’re open-minded, but election season brings out the worst in even the best of us. Even the most “open” and “informed” among us are a lot more closed minded than we’d like to think and they’d openly admit. Let’s look
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Calming Stormy Feelings: A Child's Introduction to Psychotherapy: Sarah Abel, Karen Zilberstein:
Calming Stormy Feelings: A Child's Introduction to Psychotherapy- Knowing how to help children with their feelings can be challenging for all parents, but when feelings grow too strong, they create storms that burst through and change the way children act. This book aims to introduce parents and children to the world of feelings and psychotherapy.
Advice & Self-Help | Empowering Tools for Growth
Improve Your Vocabulary With the “Wheel of Feelings”
Find the perfect word and tell us exactly how you feel.
Psychology | Relationships
The 3 Things You Should Never Say to Your Partner
These three all-too-common phrases relate to remarks—whether well-meaning or not—virtually guaranteed to antagonize your mate. Regardless of your motive, the likely reaction to such ill-chosen expressions will range from their going completely silent
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
Review: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Finds the Joy in Sadness, and Vice Versa
Pete Docter’s new animated film, with the voices of television comedians like Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling and Bill Hader, brings to life an 11-year-old’s interior drama.
News | Interesting Links
Why Feelings Will Always Beat Facts
We often think we are logical people making fact-based decisions. But we are often being swayed simply by the use of a metaphor.
