"There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm." John H. Vincent In order to explain and understand emotions, we can divide them into two groups: The emotions we term 'positive' and those that ...

These types of emotions are unpleasant to experience and can even feel overwhelming. People often try to avoid them, suppress them, or ignore them. In fact, in psychology experiments, people will pay ...

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As we age, the mind tends to wander forward in time, considering myriad hypotheticals of increasingly philosophical tone: Will we live a long life? And if we do, will it be a life well lived? What ...

Associating positive or negative emotions to specific memories is core to our survival, allowing us to avoid dangers or seek out beneficial things. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute have ...

Don’t let anxiety and stress interrupt your flow. Here’s how to manage those negative emotions and get your creative process back on track. There’s little you can do about the inherent stressors in ...

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lindsay Kohler is a behavioral scientist and future of work expert. Emotional intelligence is one of the most sought-after skills ...