Interviews
Jessica Tracy (author of Take Pride): “The Power of Pride” (audio); “Take Pride” (video); “Getting Yourself to Do Stuff by Appealing to Your Own Sense of Pride” (article)”
Karla McLaren (author of The Language of Emotions) articles: “Is it a Feeling or an Emotion?”; “Understanding Multiple Emotions”; “Emotions are Action-Requiring Neurological Programs”; “Stress is a Weasel Word”; and “The Difference between Deep Empathy and Niceness”
Karla McLaren videos: Emotional Flow; Embracing Emotions; Change and Stasis
Karla McLaren’s Empathic Skills for working with emotions (videos): Getting Grounded; Defining Boundaries; Burning Contracts; Conscious Complaining; Ethical Empathic Gossip; Rejuvenation
Karla McLaren on individual emotions (videos): Anger; Anxiety; Apathy and Boredom; Confusion; Contentment; Depression; Envy; Fear; Grief; Happiness; Hate; Jealousy; Joy; Panic; Sadness; Shame; and the Suicidal Urge
Karla McLaren on individual emotions (articles): Understanding and Befriending Anger; Welcoming the Gifts of Anxiety; The Genius of Apathy and Boredom; The Ingenuity of Confusion; The Gifts of Contentment; Ingenious Stagnation: Understanding Depression; Fear: Intuition, Instincts, and Awareness; Grief: The Deep River of the Soul; The Gifts of Happiness; Embracing Your Hatred and Saving the World; The Social Genius of Jealousy and Envy; The Gifts of Joy; The Lifesaving Ingenuity of Panic and Terror; Welcoming the Gifts of Sadness; Embracing Guilt and Shame; and Let’s Talk about Suicide
Karla McLaren’s Empathy Academy (where you can take on-line courses to learn her approach to working with emotions more in-depth)
Sebastian Junger (author of Tribe) on Loneliness: “Loyalty, Belonging, and the Quest for Meaning”; “Our Lonely Society Makes it Hard to Come Home from War”