Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...

Everyone expends emotional labor to some degree, but it affects certain types of people more than others. How much energy do you and your people spend showing emotions? Or, on hiding them? For example ...

Emotional numbing symptoms, in particular, are known to intensify this pattern of reacting sharply to negative stimuli and then shutting down emotionally. So, while it feels as though numbing is ...