In my last post, I explored the ways in which we try to manage painful and distressing feelings by getting rid of them. I tried to show how that strategy tends to make things worse rather than better ...

Have you ever felt flooded? I don’t mean “water in your basement” kind of flooding… I mean emotional flooding. It’s when your emotions take over and overwhelm you. Flooding makes it difficult to think ...

The conversation went badly, and by the time you got to the car you had already named it. Disappointment, mostly. Some anger under that. You could trace where it came from, you could see why it made ...

When toddlers melt down and teens snap back, it’s natural for us to have emotions. Some parents feel overwhelmed or out of control. Others try to push their emotions away. Emotions, after all, can be ...