Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Emotional regulation is an executive function, the brain’s ...

The increasing popularity of "gentle parenting" has launched a new buzzword into the child-rearing landscape: co-regulation. Co-regulation refers to an adult helping a child soothe their own emotions ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Teachers of K-12’s youngest learners find themselves at a crossroads. With reading and math proficiency scores at record or near-record low levels, many state and district officials are pushing for ...

Life is unpredictable, and so are our emotions. There’s no manual dictating when you’ll experience the myriad of different feelings humans do, so it’s something you have to figure out on your own. You ...

When working with teens and discussing emotions, I often give an analogy of sand in a jar. In this analogy, the sand ...

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...

Meltdowns are as inevitable as sleepless nights, but practicing co-regulation skills can help you get through them.

A new study is among the first of its kind to identify brain regions unique to emotion regulation in the human brain, providing novel therapeutic approaches. A recent study led by Dartmouth College ...

A young mother’s candid remarks on TikTok about teaching emotional regulation to three generations at once has sparked a viral conversation about the burdens shouldered by many millennial parents.