Many of us hold a romanticized, often misguided, vision of what emotional growth entails. We picture perpetual positivity, ...

Erik Erikson, the pioneering researcher on human development, said, “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” A powerful tool for knowing yourself ...

You might think that the politically charged attacks against social-emotional learning highlighted in the news media would be chipping away at educator support nationwide for the approach. But, so far ...

In an earlier post on this blog, Robert Jagers said that he and his colleagues at CASEL are working with others to ensure that “social and emotional learning [can] realize its potential to promote the ...

Someone whose emotional intelligence is off the charts is usually not only internally secure, but also socially intuitive and grounded. Many people with greater levels of emotional intelligence, and ...

Researchers tracking the development of the brain's emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for emotional regulation emerge during the first year of life. And ...

When placed in different situations in your dealings with other people, do you ever feel like you can understand their emotions? A person who is well aware of their own emotions can generally ...

Every year on October 10, the world pauses to talk about mental health and observe World Mental Health Day. It is a day that reminds us to look inward, to understand what shapes our emotions, thoughts ...