Episode description

Practical strategies for managing our emotional lives.

Dr. Ethan Kross, author of the international bestseller Chatter, is one of the world’s leading experts on emotion regulation. An award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s top ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he is the Director of the Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory.

In this episode we talk about:

• What an emotion actually is 
• The myth that we should only experience positive emotions 
• Why sometimes avoidance is a smart strategy
• The six emotional "shifters" we can use to regulate our emotions
• The role of our senses
• How to use mental time travel to shift perspective
• And the role of our surroundings, relationships, and culture 

Related Episodes:

• #365 The Voice in Your Head | Ethan Kross
• The Neuroscience Of: Emotional Regulation, Relationships, Body Image, And Intuition | Emma Seppälä

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