Dr. Ethan Kross

It's called compensatory control. And this is the explanation that is often provided for why so many of us augment our spaces to counteract, in this case, our emotional state. And so I don't know if that perfectly answers your question, but it, for me, highlights the way that we are tightly tethered to our surroundings in some circumstances.

It's called compensatory control. And this is the explanation that is often provided for why so many of us augment our spaces to counteract, in this case, our emotional state. And so I don't know if that perfectly answers your question, but it, for me, highlights the way that we are tightly tethered to our surroundings in some circumstances.

When I'm not experiencing chatter, it really doesn't matter if the place is nice and tidy versus not. Like, no big deal. But when I'm motivated to think, feel, and behave in a particular way, then my circumstances are becoming more important.

When I'm not experiencing chatter, it really doesn't matter if the place is nice and tidy versus not. Like, no big deal. But when I'm motivated to think, feel, and behave in a particular way, then my circumstances are becoming more important.

When I'm not experiencing chatter, it really doesn't matter if the place is nice and tidy versus not. Like, no big deal. But when I'm motivated to think, feel, and behave in a particular way, then my circumstances are becoming more important.

The way I carve up the emotion regulation space is there are multiple shifters that exist and Some of those shifters are inside us. So there are these sensory shifters we talked about. There are attentional shifters. We haven't gotten into that yet, but we can shine our mental spotlight on or away from things that are causing emotions, and we can be strategic in how we do that.

The way I carve up the emotion regulation space is there are multiple shifters that exist and Some of those shifters are inside us. So there are these sensory shifters we talked about. There are attentional shifters. We haven't gotten into that yet, but we can shine our mental spotlight on or away from things that are causing emotions, and we can be strategic in how we do that.

The way I carve up the emotion regulation space is there are multiple shifters that exist and Some of those shifters are inside us. So there are these sensory shifters we talked about. There are attentional shifters. We haven't gotten into that yet, but we can shine our mental spotlight on or away from things that are causing emotions, and we can be strategic in how we do that.

There are perspective shifters, the way we think about our circumstances, reframing, distancing. Those are all on the inside. But then there are also shifters that exist outside of us in our relationships, how other people can push our emotions in different directions. Sometimes other people can be amazing assets, sometimes tremendous liabilities.

There are perspective shifters, the way we think about our circumstances, reframing, distancing. Those are all on the inside. But then there are also shifters that exist outside of us in our relationships, how other people can push our emotions in different directions. Sometimes other people can be amazing assets, sometimes tremendous liabilities.

There are perspective shifters, the way we think about our circumstances, reframing, distancing. Those are all on the inside. But then there are also shifters that exist outside of us in our relationships, how other people can push our emotions in different directions. Sometimes other people can be amazing assets, sometimes tremendous liabilities.

There are physical shifters, like in our spaces, and we just talked about those. You can then go a layer out even further and talk about culture as a shifter. People talk about culture as the air we breathe, right? We are in different cultures throughout our lives. And sometimes we move from one culture to another within the day.

There are physical shifters, like in our spaces, and we just talked about those. You can then go a layer out even further and talk about culture as a shifter. People talk about culture as the air we breathe, right? We are in different cultures throughout our lives. And sometimes we move from one culture to another within the day.

There are physical shifters, like in our spaces, and we just talked about those. You can then go a layer out even further and talk about culture as a shifter. People talk about culture as the air we breathe, right? We are in different cultures throughout our lives. And sometimes we move from one culture to another within the day.

So, you know, if you're going to your lab or you're on campus at Stanford, that's one very specific culture with certain values and norms and weird practices maybe. That's no offense to Stanford, by the way, that's more academics. Academia has some weird practices.

So, you know, if you're going to your lab or you're on campus at Stanford, that's one very specific culture with certain values and norms and weird practices maybe. That's no offense to Stanford, by the way, that's more academics. Academia has some weird practices.

So, you know, if you're going to your lab or you're on campus at Stanford, that's one very specific culture with certain values and norms and weird practices maybe. That's no offense to Stanford, by the way, that's more academics. Academia has some weird practices.

If you then go to your podcast community, the team in the studio that we're sitting here, there's a different culture that characterizes the way you function here. And those cultures that we are a part of, they powerfully shape our emotional lives. They influence what kinds of emotional experiences we value. So what kinds of emotional experience are we motivated to have?

If you then go to your podcast community, the team in the studio that we're sitting here, there's a different culture that characterizes the way you function here. And those cultures that we are a part of, they powerfully shape our emotional lives. They influence what kinds of emotional experiences we value. So what kinds of emotional experience are we motivated to have?

If you then go to your podcast community, the team in the studio that we're sitting here, there's a different culture that characterizes the way you function here. And those cultures that we are a part of, they powerfully shape our emotional lives. They influence what kinds of emotional experiences we value. So what kinds of emotional experience are we motivated to have?