The science of managing emotions without losing yourself

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This interview is an episode from ‪@The-Well‬, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the ‪@JohnTempletonFoundation‬. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Ethan Kross’s next interview ► This one essential trait begins shaping us seconds after birth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXH57it_lI Emotions are ancient, but your method for managing them doesn’t have to be. Psychologist and author Ethan Kross shares how modern science has given us surprising tools to manage our emotional reactions. From talking to yourself in the third person to building an ‘advisory board,’ Kross explains how small shifts in your regulation process can make a big impact on not just your own life, but on society as a whole. Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-science-of-emotional-intelligence/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description_bigthink ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Ethan Kross: Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he studies how the conversations people have with themselves impact their health, performance, decisions and relationships. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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