Big feelings: 5 ways parents can help kids learn to regulate their emotions

Supporting a child through intense emotions while managing your own is challenging work. Part of this is to practise ...
Psychology Today

3 Real-World Examples of How to Listen to Your Feelings

I’m sure you’ve heard this before, perhaps from a friend, your therapist, or somewhere on social media. It sounds simple enough. But what does it really mean to “sit with your feelings"? I’d love to ...
Psychology Today

The Key Skill We Rarely Learn: How to Feel Your Feelings

In my family, I was the “emotional one.” Even as I kid I remember throwing angry tantrums when things didn’t go my way, crying when I got hurt or scared, running around the house with joy and glee. My ...
The Conversation

How parents feel about feelings can deeply affect a child’s development

Gillian England-Mason receives funding from a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship and a Postgraduate Fellowship in Health Innovation provided by Alberta Innovates, the Ministry of ...
Time

There’s a Reason They’re Called ‘Gut’ Feelings

In the 1800s, a French Canadian named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach while at a fur trading post, when someone’s musket accidentally fired at close range. He survived, but his injuries ...
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Overwhelmed — the hidden cost of feeling fake, and how to ease the pressure

In this liberating new book, award-winning writer and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind, Claudia Hammond, helps us to take the pressure off with a psychological toolkit that is both practical ...