Understanding and Regulating Emotions
A program designed to help you understand the origins of your emotions and develop effective strategies for regulating them.
Program Modules
The Neuroscience of Emotion
Explore the brain's role in generating emotions, focusing on the amygdala and prefrontal cortex.
Threat and Reward Detection
WeeklyLearn how the brain identifies potential threats and rewards, triggering emotional responses.
“Our brain is wired to look for threats or rewards.”
Chemical Messengers
WeeklyUnderstand the role of adrenaline, cortisol, dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin in emotional experiences.
“Emotions are the effect of these chemical messages traveling from our brain through the body.”
Feeling Brain vs. Thinking Brain
WeeklyExamine the interplay between emotional and rational brain regions and how emotions can sometimes hijack our thinking.
“The feeling region of the brain kicks in before the thinking part.”
Managing Your Emotions
Learn strategies for managing your emotions through conscious thinking and behavior modification.
The Power of Thought
DailyExplore how thoughts can trigger emotional responses, even subconsciously.
“Our thinking can influence our emotions.”
Conscious Regulation
DailyDevelop techniques for consciously managing your emotional reactions and taking control of your brain.
“We can manage our emotions with conscious thinking.”
What You'll Accomplish
- Understand the neuroscience behind emotions.
- Identify the chemical messengers involved in emotional responses.
- Recognize how thoughts influence emotions.
- Develop strategies for managing and regulating emotions.
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