Altering attention diminishes worry more powerfully than trying to directly conquer emotional aspects of anxiety. Anxiety can feel tremendously uncomfortable, unsettling, and discombobulating. Whether ...

You don’t need bruises to carry childhood wounds. Sometimes the deepest scars come from what was missing—attention, comfort, presence. When your parents were physically there but emotionally ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own and other’s emotions. People who are high in EI tend to have more satisfying personal and professional ...

It is well observed in motivation research that moving closing to a valued goal improves self-efficacy and maintains an interest in working towards our targets. For example, when we're trying to get ...

What looks like emotional avoidance may be an adaptive response shaped by culture, hierarchy, and the need to protect ...