Rula reports that feeling emotional can stem from stress, lack of sleep, life changes, hormonal shifts, or mental health issues.

Take this self-reflective quiz to explore how connected you are with your emotions. No matter your results, there is always room to learn, grow, and strengthen your connection with yourself. The quiz ...

Being brave doesn't mean you're never afraid or sad, it means having the courage face even your most uncomfortable 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 ...

Marc Brackett, Ph.D., founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and leading scholar in the field of emotion regulation, illuminates the power that lies in the space between ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

What is your relationship with your emotions on a daily basis? Some of us might deny that we’re influenced by our feelings at all. Others might try to leave our emotions behind when we move into ...

My dad’s death marked the beginning of a tumultuous year. My mom's cognitive decline became much more apparent in the aftermath. My brothers and I managed my parents’ estate, sold the home they had ...

Holding it in can take more energy than your most intense gym session.

Psychologist Nick Wignall shares mistakes that people with mental & emotional instability make when it comes to managing ...

If you’re a parent or guardian, you’ve heard about the importance of respecting your child’s feelings. Teaching our kids can help them work through the negative emotions they experience as they grow ...