Cowritten by Sarah Sperber and Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. Do you have a hard time regulating your emotions? Do you wonder what's going on when your emotions feel dysregulated (or out of control)? The ...

Experiencing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed and anxious can occur relatively quickly. That’s why emotional self-regulation (ESR) is such an important skill. It helps us manage emotions, cope ...

Life is unpredictable, and so are our emotions. There’s no manual dictating when you’ll experience the myriad of different feelings humans do, so it’s something you have to figure out on your own. You ...

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.

Children who struggle to manage their emotions and behavior during preschool years are at greater risk of developing symptoms ...