Emotions Mutate
An emotion can cross over and become its opposite in an instant. Yes, emotions mutate! The speed at which love can swing all the way into a bitter hate —
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Emotions Can Last a Lifetime
Neuroscience has attracted a great deal of attention over the last two decades. When examining emotion, it focuses more on the short-term emotional event in the brain, tracing the neural
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Tap Into the Force Within You
Each strength in our temperament has emotions that drive it to fulfill its designed purpose — unless the emotion is contrary to the strength’s true purpose. (In that case, the
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Stay in Control of Yourself and Stay in the Driver’s Seat
Let’s face it. Each of us use control to navigate our daily lives. Some of us use it with a light touch, and some much heavier handed. Which way do
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Is Yours a False Understanding of Emotion?
We know an emotion when we see or feel one. Or do we? We fool ourselves into feeling we know them with the little we do understand about our emotions,
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Do Emotions Have Purpose?
Emotion warns us about what is happening in our world, both good and bad. Emotions flag us that we are in danger or in love. Dr. Robert C. Solomon has
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Our Best Understanding of Emotion
What is emotion? Wow! That’s a difficult question. Even psychologists and philosophers can’t agree on emotion’s basic definition. Religions don’t define it either. We just live with how we have
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Will You Quit or Commit?
What was I thinking?! As this year races forward, many of us are tempted to ask this “quit or commit” question that either kills or builds our motivations for positive
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What Is Emotion?
What is emotion? Unfortunately, due to the fact that no one has defined emotion to our satisfaction yet, we are at a bit of a handicap. However, their attempts help
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The Benefits of Intelligent Emotions
The Stoics thought that apatheia (apathy or the absence of feeling to the Stoics) was the aim of all goodness. Therefore, they believed we must constantly struggle to rid ourselves
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Introducing Emotion’s Intelligence
How can we think of emotions as irrational when all the meaning we have in life is a result of our emotions? As I will say repeatedly, emotions are facts.
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Can Your Hope Make or Break 2023?
What are you hoping for in 2023? Many of us have renewed energy to make positive changes in our personal lives or careers. Many of us want a totally new
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