Alison Wood Brooks

So you can see, for example, distress as passion, for example, as a way of reframing or reappraising the distress that you're experiencing.

So you can see, for example, distress as passion, for example, as a way of reframing or reappraising the distress that you're experiencing.

So you can see, for example, distress as passion, for example, as a way of reframing or reappraising the distress that you're experiencing.

That's exactly right. So I have worked with Lizzie Bailey-Wolf about this. Often people say, I'm stressed, I'm so distressed. But you can reframe that for your own benefit and saying, no, no, this is just a signal that I care about it, that I'm passionate. And actually saying it out loud is really compelling to the people around you as well.

That's exactly right. So I have worked with Lizzie Bailey-Wolf about this. Often people say, I'm stressed, I'm so distressed. But you can reframe that for your own benefit and saying, no, no, this is just a signal that I care about it, that I'm passionate. And actually saying it out loud is really compelling to the people around you as well.

That's exactly right. So I have worked with Lizzie Bailey-Wolf about this. Often people say, I'm stressed, I'm so distressed. But you can reframe that for your own benefit and saying, no, no, this is just a signal that I care about it, that I'm passionate. And actually saying it out loud is really compelling to the people around you as well.

So in some ways, what I understand you saying, Alison, is that the goal here is not so much to change the emotion itself, but to shift your interpretation of the emotion.

So in some ways, what I understand you saying, Alison, is that the goal here is not so much to change the emotion itself, but to shift your interpretation of the emotion.

So in some ways, what I understand you saying, Alison, is that the goal here is not so much to change the emotion itself, but to shift your interpretation of the emotion.

That's right. Psychologists call this reappraisal. You're shifting the appraisal, not how you're feeling physiologically, but just how you're thinking about and interpreting that feeling.

That's right. Psychologists call this reappraisal. You're shifting the appraisal, not how you're feeling physiologically, but just how you're thinking about and interpreting that feeling.

That's right. Psychologists call this reappraisal. You're shifting the appraisal, not how you're feeling physiologically, but just how you're thinking about and interpreting that feeling.

You have a colleague, Cynthia, who has a very effective way of reframing emotion when a discussion gets too heated. What is her technique, Alison?

You have a colleague, Cynthia, who has a very effective way of reframing emotion when a discussion gets too heated. What is her technique, Alison?

You have a colleague, Cynthia, who has a very effective way of reframing emotion when a discussion gets too heated. What is her technique, Alison?

My colleague Cynthia is amazing. She's an incredible teacher, and I love watching her teach because she constantly keeps her sort of hand on the dial, the sort of temperature knob of the mood of the classroom. And when she feels like things are getting too down or sad or angry, she calls it out. She says, I'm not loving the emotional vibe in here. Let's hit the refresh button. And she does.

My colleague Cynthia is amazing. She's an incredible teacher, and I love watching her teach because she constantly keeps her sort of hand on the dial, the sort of temperature knob of the mood of the classroom. And when she feels like things are getting too down or sad or angry, she calls it out. She says, I'm not loving the emotional vibe in here. Let's hit the refresh button. And she does.

My colleague Cynthia is amazing. She's an incredible teacher, and I love watching her teach because she constantly keeps her sort of hand on the dial, the sort of temperature knob of the mood of the classroom. And when she feels like things are getting too down or sad or angry, she calls it out. She says, I'm not loving the emotional vibe in here. Let's hit the refresh button. And she does.

Even just by labeling it and saying, let's hit the refresh button, it really helps so much.

Even just by labeling it and saying, let's hit the refresh button, it really helps so much.