people's emotions are rarely put into words , far more often they are expressed through other cues. the key to intuiting another's feelings is in the ability to read nonverbal channels , tone of voice , gesture , facial expression and the like

Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.

Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

When the darkness is seen as a necessary prelude to the creative light, one is less likely to ascribe frustration to personal inadequacy or label it as bad.

Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.

Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.