Posts about Emotions

This morning, I was watching an interview with researcher Martin Picard.In research by Picard and his colleagues, changes in pigmentation were mapped along individual strands of hair over time. The researchers observed that gray hairs can sometimes regain pigmentation, and in some cases, those changes occurred alongside changes in reported psychological stress. As I

“I don’t like this person.”Have you ever had that thought?I don’t like the way they talk.They’re too assertive.There’s something about them I don’t trust.Being around them is exhausting.And it isn’t only dislike.Anger. Anxiety. Fear. Sadness.When what we call a negative emotion appears, we don’t usually welcome it. We would rather it went away as

Emotions are not answers “Why am I reacting so strongly to something so small?”Have you ever found yourself asking that? Your mind tells you it’s not a big deal.Yet your chest tightens.Your eyes fill with tears. Or anger rises before you even understand why.It’s easy to wonder if something is wrong with you. Maybe