What is the difference between a feeling and a judgment? Explore the concept of storied feelings and learn how words like disrespected, betrayed, and ignored can serve as gateways to emotional awareness, empathy, and unmet needs.
From Reaction to Response: Choosing Conscious Conflict Resolution
Why do some conflicts escalate while others lead to understanding and growth? This article explores the crucial difference between reacting and responding, and how greater emotional awareness can help us move beyond blame, work with our triggers, and choose more conscious ways of engaging with conflict.
Reflections on Inside Out 2
In these reflections on Inside Out 2, renowned psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman explores the film's portrayal of anxiety, embarrassment, envy, and identity formation. Drawing on decades of emotion research, he examines what the movie gets right, where it departs from the science, and why emotional awareness matters during adolescence.
Why We Created the Dictionary of Feelings and Needs
Embracing Emotionality: Eight Foundational Beliefs About Our Emotions
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
What does Inside Out 2 reveal about the science of emotions, and what might it have left out? Drawing on emotion science, sociology, and the humanities, Demond Hill Jr. explores the film's portrayal of adolescence, anxiety, identity, and belonging while making a compelling case for the importance of love, grace, and empathy in emotional well-being.
Five Practices for a Healthier Emotional Life
What can Inside Out 2 teach us about living well with our emotions? Drawing on insights from leading emotion scientists including Dacher Keltner and Marc Brackett, this article explores five evidence-based practices—self-compassion, awe, gratitude, connection, and kindness—that can help us embrace the full spectrum of human emotions and cultivate greater well-being.
What are your Unfelts costing you?
What Are Your Unfelt Emotions Costing You? explores the relationship between emotional literacy, emotional intelligence, and leadership effectiveness. Drawing on the work of the Conscious Leadership Group, the article argues that emotions contain valuable information and that leaders who suppress or ignore their feelings may pay a price in resilience, decision-making, authenticity, trust, and overall effectiveness.
On Fear and being Afraid
In this excerpt from the Atlas of Emotions, Dr. Paul Ekman explores fear as one of the universal human emotions. He examines fear's triggers, physical sensations, facial expressions, vocal cues, and evolutionary purpose, while highlighting the important role fear plays in protecting us from harm and helping us respond to danger.
Four Ways We Avoid Our Feelings—and What to Do Instead
What are faux feelings and how can mediators can use them to get to the heart of the matter?
Can words like betrayed, ignored, disrespected, or manipulated really be considered feelings? In this mediation story, John Ford explores the concept traditionally known in Nonviolent Communication as "faux feelings" and explains how such expressions can serve as valuable clues to the deeper feelings and needs beneath conflict. Updated with reflections on why he now prefers the term "storied feelings."
Differentiating Between Feelings And Faux Feelings
What is the difference between a feeling and a judgment? In this article, John Kinyon explores the NVC distinction between feelings and what were traditionally called "faux feelings"—words such as betrayed, ignored, and disrespected. Accompanied by a contemporary editorial note, the post also traces the evolution from "faux feelings" to the more nuanced concept of storied feelings, where the feeling is real but the language carries a story about cause, interpretation, or blame.
The Atlas of Emotions
The Atlas of Emotions, developed by Paul Ekman and Eve Ekman in collaboration with the Dalai Lama, is an interactive map designed to help people better understand their emotional lives. By exploring the five emotion families and the pathways that connect them, we can develop greater emotional literacy, self-awareness, and compassion.
The Science of Emotions & Relationships | Huberman Lab Podcast #13
In this episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast, neuroscientist Andrew Huberman explores the biology of emotions, attachment, and relationships. Drawing on neuroscience research, he examines how early attachment experiences, adolescence, hormones, and neurochemistry shape our emotional lives and influence how we connect with others throughout adulthood.