"There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm." John H. Vincent In order to explain and understand emotions, we can divide them into two groups: The emotions we term 'positive' and those that ...

Imagine that you are a clinician who delivers psychological treatment to depressed clients. Would you be able to alleviate the prolonged sadness of your clients by “prescribing” them high doses of ...

Let's talk about something that might feel counterintuitive: the importance of making space for our difficult emotions. I often hear clients tell me they're trying their best to "stay positive" or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can you hold a positive emotion simultaneously with a negative one? Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images Countless parents across ...

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

During a widespread crisis, negative emotions don't simply go away once the workday begins. Organizational scholars who study ...

These types of emotions are unpleasant to experience and can even feel overwhelming. People often try to avoid them, suppress them, or ignore them. In fact, in psychology experiments, people will pay ...