Emotion regulation depends on nervous system capacity—timing matters more than technique. Suppression and expression are ...

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.

Adolescence is a time of heightened emotion. Stress, excitement, anxiety, frustration, and joy flow through classrooms every day. But how do these emotions affect how students learn and connect with ...

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...

Enter emotional self-regulation — the ability to calm yourself, not by ignoring or suppressing what you are feeling, but by learning how to meet your emotions with effective tools. Emotional ...

Emotional regulation isn’t just about staying calm, it’s about staying effective—and it’s one of the most critical leadership skills you can develop. When you are emotionally regulated, you can ...