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Mental health

Leading From Within When the Stakes Are High

Mental health

Master Your Emotions

22 hours ago

Mental health

Leading From Within When the Stakes Are High

The (Hidden) Advantages of Creativity

Creativity can enhance mood and assist in emotion regulation, ultimately fostering well-being.

The 3-Word Solution to Stop Complaining

Complaining releases frustration but increases it; perspective shift is more beneficial.

Miscellaneous

Easy Forms of Effective Anger Regulation

Regulating perceived vulnerability is more effective than traditional anger management, which often leads to chronic resentment.

The 3-Word Magic Formula for Managing Any Difficult Child

Managing difficult behavior in children requires calmness, firmness, and a non-controlling approach.

Mental health

Tackling Anxiety: What Works and What Doesn't

Media industry

The Popularity of True Crime: Why We Can't Stop

Arts

The (Hidden) Advantages of Creativity

Creativity can enhance mood and assist in emotion regulation, ultimately fostering well-being.

The 3-Word Solution to Stop Complaining

Complaining releases frustration but increases it; perspective shift is more beneficial.

Miscellaneous

Easy Forms of Effective Anger Regulation

Regulating perceived vulnerability is more effective than traditional anger management, which often leads to chronic resentment.

The 3-Word Magic Formula for Managing Any Difficult Child

Managing difficult behavior in children requires calmness, firmness, and a non-controlling approach.

Mental health

Tackling Anxiety: What Works and What Doesn't

Media industry

The Popularity of True Crime: Why We Can't Stop

Eliminate Stress In Seconds With This Simple Breathing Technique

Diaphragmatic breathing helps manage anxiety effectively by promoting a calmer breathing pattern.

The Best Mindfulness Tool for Managing Difficult Emotions

Chronic stress in children leads to long-term difficulties in emotional regulation.

Acceptance is essential for understanding and managing emotions effectively.

Mindfulness Secret to Letting Sh*t Go?-Be Like Teflon

Mindfulness effectively mitigates negative thinking.

Practicing gratitude and compassion helps reframe negativity in life.

Reduced suffering allows individuals to better notice present joy.

Staying Steady: Managing Emotions During Fertility Struggles

Emotional regulation is essential for managing feelings during fertility struggles.

Building emotional confidence requires patience and practice.

Techniques like box breathing can aid emotional steadiness.

One Visualization. Ten Seconds. You're Back in Control

The amygdala can hijack our thoughts during threats; observing instead can grant emotional control and prevent spiraling reactions.

fromYoga Journal

Yoga

Can't Focus? Feeling Overwhelmed? This Yin Yoga Practice Can Help.

fromYoga Journal

Eliminate Stress In Seconds With This Simple Breathing Technique

Diaphragmatic breathing helps manage anxiety effectively by promoting a calmer breathing pattern.

The Best Mindfulness Tool for Managing Difficult Emotions

Chronic stress in children leads to long-term difficulties in emotional regulation.

Acceptance is essential for understanding and managing emotions effectively.

Mindfulness Secret to Letting Sh*t Go?-Be Like Teflon

Mindfulness effectively mitigates negative thinking.

Practicing gratitude and compassion helps reframe negativity in life.

Reduced suffering allows individuals to better notice present joy.

Staying Steady: Managing Emotions During Fertility Struggles

Emotional regulation is essential for managing feelings during fertility struggles.

Building emotional confidence requires patience and practice.

Techniques like box breathing can aid emotional steadiness.

One Visualization. Ten Seconds. You're Back in Control

The amygdala can hijack our thoughts during threats; observing instead can grant emotional control and prevent spiraling reactions.

fromYoga Journal

Yoga

Can't Focus? Feeling Overwhelmed? This Yin Yoga Practice Can Help.

The Calming Comeback When Your Adult Child Is Cruel

Adult children may lash out due to unresolved emotions, not because of their parents' actions.

Modeling emotional regulation is key in navigating conflicts with adult children.

Understanding and calmness can transform conversations into opportunities for connection.

Your Brain on Conflict

Conflict escalates cognitive rigidity by activating the brain's salience system.

Techniques like deep breathing can help manage emotional responses during conflict.

Viewing conflict as a challenge rather than a threat alters engagement.

Building conflict resilience enhances relationships and overall well-being.

How to Instantly Disarm Someone Who Pushes Your Buttons

Responding with curiosity allows for better emotional regulation and more productive conversations.

Using the phrase 'That's interesting; tell me more' can transform potentially reactive moments into opportunities for deeper understanding.

What to Do When Every Political Conversation Exhausts You

Listening is a powerful tool for navigating political conversations, promoting mutual recognition.

Your nervous system can trigger survival responses in conflict situations, affecting emotional state.

Genuine listening is essential and more effective than listening with the intent to persuade.

Mental health

Time-Outs for Couples

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Parenting

How do I deal with my child's emotional and aggressive outbursts?

The Calming Comeback When Your Adult Child Is Cruel

Adult children may lash out due to unresolved emotions, not because of their parents' actions.

Modeling emotional regulation is key in navigating conflicts with adult children.

Understanding and calmness can transform conversations into opportunities for connection.

Your Brain on Conflict

Conflict escalates cognitive rigidity by activating the brain's salience system.

Techniques like deep breathing can help manage emotional responses during conflict.

Viewing conflict as a challenge rather than a threat alters engagement.

Building conflict resilience enhances relationships and overall well-being.

How to Instantly Disarm Someone Who Pushes Your Buttons

Responding with curiosity allows for better emotional regulation and more productive conversations.

Using the phrase 'That's interesting; tell me more' can transform potentially reactive moments into opportunities for deeper understanding.

What to Do When Every Political Conversation Exhausts You

Listening is a powerful tool for navigating political conversations, promoting mutual recognition.

Your nervous system can trigger survival responses in conflict situations, affecting emotional state.

Genuine listening is essential and more effective than listening with the intent to persuade.

Mental health

Time-Outs for Couples

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Parenting

How do I deal with my child's emotional and aggressive outbursts?

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Stop the Meltdown: The Key to Your Child's Emotional Control

Teaching children to label emotions can help them manage anger and frustration.

Empathetic communication encourages emotional regulation in children.

Consistent and patient guidance is essential for emotional growth in kids.

The 5-Letter Word Every Parent Needs to Use

The word 'later' can teach patience and emotional regulation in children if used sincerely by parents.

The Healing Power of Time-Out

Emotionally validating children's feelings and setting limits can reduce disruptive behaviors over time.

Maybe You're Not a Gentle Parent-Maybe It's a Trauma Response

Parents must differentiate between gentle parenting and responding to their own unresolved trauma.

Frequent emotional dysregulation by parents can ultimately support a child's emotional resilience.

Emotion coaching is crucial, yet many parents with trauma are unaware of its importance.

Why Online Gaming Is the New Playground for Kids

Online gaming serves as a modern playground for children, promoting social interaction and learning.

Focus on building digital resilience in children during middle childhood.

3 Ways to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children

Naming emotions helps children manage feelings and reduces distress.

Guiding without solving fosters children's confidence and resilience.

Children learn emotional regulation by observing parents.

Stop the Meltdown: The Key to Your Child's Emotional Control

Teaching children to label emotions can help them manage anger and frustration.

Empathetic communication encourages emotional regulation in children.

Consistent and patient guidance is essential for emotional growth in kids.

The 5-Letter Word Every Parent Needs to Use

The word 'later' can teach patience and emotional regulation in children if used sincerely by parents.

The Healing Power of Time-Out

Emotionally validating children's feelings and setting limits can reduce disruptive behaviors over time.

Maybe You're Not a Gentle Parent-Maybe It's a Trauma Response

Parents must differentiate between gentle parenting and responding to their own unresolved trauma.

Frequent emotional dysregulation by parents can ultimately support a child's emotional resilience.

Emotion coaching is crucial, yet many parents with trauma are unaware of its importance.

Why Online Gaming Is the New Playground for Kids

Online gaming serves as a modern playground for children, promoting social interaction and learning.

Focus on building digital resilience in children during middle childhood.

3 Ways to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children

Naming emotions helps children manage feelings and reduces distress.

Guiding without solving fosters children's confidence and resilience.

Children learn emotional regulation by observing parents.

more#child-development

From Code to Charisma: Emotional Mastery for Tech Leaders

Influence is crucial in the tech industry for guiding decisions, aligning teams, and driving innovation.

Emotional regulation is essential for maintaining a balanced and rational mindset.

Mental health

Mental Fitness Is the New Leadership Muscle

Women in technology

fromInfoQ

From Code to Charisma: Emotional Mastery for Tech Leaders

Influence is crucial in the tech industry for guiding decisions, aligning teams, and driving innovation.

Emotional regulation is essential for maintaining a balanced and rational mindset.

Mental health

Mental Fitness Is the New Leadership Muscle

more#leadership

#neuroscience

fromwww.psychologytoday.com

Resilience Decoded: Brain, Genes, and Adaptation

Resilience is a dynamic process influenced by brain function, genetics, and environment, which can be cultivated.

fromMail Online

Science

Discovery in psychopaths' minds reveals cause of dark behavior

fromwww.psychologytoday.com

Resilience Decoded: Brain, Genes, and Adaptation

Resilience is a dynamic process influenced by brain function, genetics, and environment, which can be cultivated.

fromMail Online

Science

Discovery in psychopaths' minds reveals cause of dark behavior

The Secret Parenting Cheat Code You Need

Playfulness is transformative for parents, especially those with trauma, aiding emotional regulation and resilience.

Gamification of chores enhances motivation and cooperation among families.

fromBusiness Insider

Parenting

Hilary Swank says she has a 'more fitting' term to describe her twins entering their terrible twos

Parenting

5 Words That Literally Rewire Anxious Young Minds

fromScary Mommy

Parenting

I Got A Shoutlet & It's Helped Me Stop Yelling At My Kids (Mostly)

Parenting

Grandparents Are Sharing Their Brutally Honest Opinions About Modern Parenting, And It's Very Insightful

The Secret Parenting Cheat Code You Need

Playfulness is transformative for parents, especially those with trauma, aiding emotional regulation and resilience.

Gamification of chores enhances motivation and cooperation among families.

fromBusiness Insider

Parenting

Hilary Swank says she has a 'more fitting' term to describe her twins entering their terrible twos

Parenting

5 Words That Literally Rewire Anxious Young Minds

fromScary Mommy

Parenting

I Got A Shoutlet & It's Helped Me Stop Yelling At My Kids (Mostly)

Parenting

Grandparents Are Sharing Their Brutally Honest Opinions About Modern Parenting, And It's Very Insightful

more#parenting

Emotional vs. Rational Mind: Which One Is Running You?

Emotional regulation is vital for maintaining psychological stability, as it involves monitoring our state of mind and understanding our emotional triggers.

Mental health

Cognitive Flexibility and ADHD

Cognitive flexibility is crucial for adapting to change, especially for those with ADHD.

New Insights Into Childhood ADHD

ADHD involves challenges beyond attention, including action regulation and persistence.

ADHD requires more repetitions for behavior automation and novelty for sustained effort.

Interventions should enhance knowledge application, persistence, and emotional regulation.

Relationships

Scattered Love: Why ADHD Can Make Relationships So Hard

Mental health

You May Have ADHD If You Do Any Of These Things In Your Relationships, Experts Say

Relationships

Loving Someone With ADHD

Agile

Cognitive Flexibility and ADHD

Cognitive flexibility is crucial for adapting to change, especially for those with ADHD.

New Insights Into Childhood ADHD

ADHD involves challenges beyond attention, including action regulation and persistence.

ADHD requires more repetitions for behavior automation and novelty for sustained effort.

Interventions should enhance knowledge application, persistence, and emotional regulation.

Relationships

Scattered Love: Why ADHD Can Make Relationships So Hard

Mental health

You May Have ADHD If You Do Any Of These Things In Your Relationships, Experts Say

Relationships

Loving Someone With ADHD

more#adhd

4 weeks ago

Poetry as Medicine: Using Verse to Support BIPOC Mental Health

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development, especially relevant for BIPOC clients.

Mental health

The Window of Tolerance and Chronic Illness

Understanding the Window of Tolerance helps individuals manage emotions, especially during chronic illness.

Emotional regulation allows people to bring themselves back within their Window of Tolerance.

Wellness

5 months ago

Does Your Anxiety Thermostat Need an Adjustment?

Higher anxiety tolerance leads to better anxiety management.

A person's perception of anxiety can significantly vary between individuals.

What Happens When Menopause Meets Motherhood

Perimenopause significantly impacts mothers' emotional and cognitive functioning, creating new parenting challenges.

How Mental Health Is Defined and Maintained

Recognizing mental illness is often easier than identifying positive mental health.

When You No Longer Recognize Your Own Emotions

Interoception is key to understanding and expressing emotions; impairment can lead to alexithymia, affecting mental health.

When the Past Haunts the Present: Trauma and Relationships

Childhood trauma significantly affects emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships in adulthood.

The Window of Tolerance and Chronic Illness

Understanding the Window of Tolerance helps individuals manage emotions, especially during chronic illness.

Emotional regulation allows people to bring themselves back within their Window of Tolerance.

Wellness

5 months ago

Does Your Anxiety Thermostat Need an Adjustment?

Higher anxiety tolerance leads to better anxiety management.

A person's perception of anxiety can significantly vary between individuals.

What Happens When Menopause Meets Motherhood

Perimenopause significantly impacts mothers' emotional and cognitive functioning, creating new parenting challenges.

How Mental Health Is Defined and Maintained

Recognizing mental illness is often easier than identifying positive mental health.

When You No Longer Recognize Your Own Emotions

Interoception is key to understanding and expressing emotions; impairment can lead to alexithymia, affecting mental health.

When the Past Haunts the Present: Trauma and Relationships

Childhood trauma significantly affects emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships in adulthood.

How Highly Sensitive People Can Set Better Boundaries

HSPs' heightened sensitivity creates challenges in setting boundaries and emotional regulation.

Advocating for personal needs leads to healthier relationships for HSPs.

The DEAR MAN technique empowers HSPs to communicate their boundaries effectively.

Why Emotional Regulation and Attachment Matter in Sex

Attachment styles significantly affect intimacy, communication, and sexual satisfaction in relationships.

Authenticity Can Help Relationship Burnout

Burnout in couples is linked to struggles with emotional regulation and authenticity.

How Highly Sensitive People Can Set Better Boundaries

HSPs' heightened sensitivity creates challenges in setting boundaries and emotional regulation.

Advocating for personal needs leads to healthier relationships for HSPs.

The DEAR MAN technique empowers HSPs to communicate their boundaries effectively.

Why Emotional Regulation and Attachment Matter in Sex

Attachment styles significantly affect intimacy, communication, and sexual satisfaction in relationships.

Authenticity Can Help Relationship Burnout

Burnout in couples is linked to struggles with emotional regulation and authenticity.

How Our Trauma History Can Affect Our Friendships

Childhood emotional neglect and trauma greatly affect adult friendships, leading to trust issues, fear of abandonment, and emotional withdrawal.

NYC parents

fromNew York Post

Exclusive | 'Safe words' aren't just for sex -they're helping me become a better parent

Using a safe word as a parenting tool helps couples manage stress and improve cooperative parenting.

How Our Trauma History Can Affect Our Friendships

Childhood emotional neglect and trauma greatly affect adult friendships, leading to trust issues, fear of abandonment, and emotional withdrawal.

NYC parents

fromNew York Post

Exclusive | 'Safe words' aren't just for sex -they're helping me become a better parent

Using a safe word as a parenting tool helps couples manage stress and improve cooperative parenting.

Scientists discover particular working pattern can cause brain damage

Overworking beyond 52 hours per week harms cognitive and emotional functions, altering brain structure, according to a study.

fromMail Online

Bite, lick or nibble? What your ice cream style says about you

Those who prefer to lick theirs are considered 'methodical' and 'relaxed', showing patience to enjoy every moment - and may well be 'romantic'.

Food & drink

Music

Before Words, There Was Rhythm: Music as a Neural Language

Music is a powerful biological tool that influences our emotions and bodily responses before we engage intellectually.

Is a Regular Dose of Fear Therapeutic?

Controlled exposure to fear can improve emotional resilience and regulation.

Ice and Anxiety

The Mammalian Dive Response is an effective anxiety relief technique.

Plunging your face in cold water helps manage panic attacks and emotional distress.

How to Navigate Workplace Desire Without Capsizing Your Career

The Freeze and Flee response is about withdrawal emotionally or acting out impulsively, which can create more tension rather than alleviating it.

Relationships

3 Helpful Therapy Skills for Highly Sensitive People

HSPs can regain control by facing emotions without avoidance, using evidenced-based strategies like Radical Acceptance and choosing valued action.

Who Can You Turn to When Things Look Bad?

Social reappraisal can effectively aid in managing stress, especially when personal cognitive reappraisal fails.

Women

This Is Your Brain on Contraceptives

The impact of hormonal contraceptives on the brain remains largely unknown despite their widespread use.

How to Avoid Marital Burnout

Stress hinders emotional expression in marriages, leading to couple burnout.

Emotional authenticity enhances relationship satisfaction and reduces burnout risks.

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