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The science of emotional regulation — and how to do it better
Do you ever feel like your emotions control you instead of you controlling them? Maybe you lash out at someone after a long day at work or indulge to avoid a stressful situation. It’s called emotional dysregulation and don’t worry – we all experience it at some point. Luckily, there’s a better way of dealing with our feelings: building emotional intelligence. That may seem daunting, but Short Wave is here to guide you through everything from understanding the importance of emotions to how we can repair our relationship to them.Interested in learning more about your brain and your feelings? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org. We might cover it in a future episode!Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. It includes perks like bonus episodes, early access, archive access, curated playlists and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Building emotional intelligence can help improve our relationship with our emotions.
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Do you ever feel like your emotions control you instead of you controlling them?
Maybe you lash out at someone after a long day at work or indulge to avoid a stressful situation. It's called emotional dysregulation and don't worry – we all experience it at some point.
Luckily, there's a better way of dealing with our feelings: building emotional intelligence. That may seem daunting, but Short Wave is here to guide you through everything from understanding the importance of emotions to how we can repair our relationship to them.
Interested in learning more about your brain and your feelings? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org. We might cover it in a future episode!
Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. It includes perks like bonus episodes, early access, archive access, curated playlists and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
This episode was produced by Arundathi Nair. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked the facts. The audio engineer was Patrick Murray.
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