As someone who considers herself a highly sensitive person, I understand the struggle that comes with the strong emotions I experience on a daily basis. Although I am aware that I am separate from my ...

Even if you’re pretty even-keeled, like me, it’s likely that every once in a while strong emotions take you by surprise. How do you respond? In this post, I write a personal story about learning how ...

People often respond to ethically charged issues with strong emotions. Anger, indignation, and disgust are a normal part of the moral life. If we didn’t have these negative emotions, we would not be ...

Emotional reactivity refers to the frequency and intensity of emotional arousal. It includes the threshold and ease with which someone becomes emotionally aroused and the intensity of emotional ...

Parenting can be hard and can feel especially overwhelming when children have strong emotions, such as anger, frustration or excitement, that they are not always able to regulate on their own.