Mark Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and bestselling author of Permission to Feel, offers an essential guide to organizing how we respond to our emotions in order to change our lives..
Success in almost every aspect of life—work, friendships, love, family—is fundamentally determined by one thing: how you handle your feelings. In your most difficult moments, how did you react? Have you lost your temper? Are you paralyzed by indecision? Have you engaged in behaviors that undermined your good intentions? Or did you show composure under pressure and thrive? It is likely thatYour reaction determines what happens next, but how we deal with our feelings is not, as many believe, a fixed part of our personality. Rather, it is a set of skills and methods that must be learned and refined throughout our lives.Mark Brackett addresses his personal challenges with emotions, explains the latest science in emotion regulation, and offers practical, evidence-based strategies to help us use our emotions wisely to build healthy relationships, achieve ambitious goals, and reach a higher level of well-being.
The core of his message is acceptance: There is no such thing as a bad emotion—only one that you don't understand and don't yet know how to channel in positive, intentional ways.We all have the power to determine how we respond to life's challenges. By honing our skills in regulating our emotions, we can increase our chances of achieving success in all aspects of our lives. Dealing with Emotions will help you become the best version of yourself.
