Dr. Marc Brackett

Yeah, so I'm very similar to Lisa in terms of there are emotion concepts or categories. Well, let's use the anger category. If you only have one word for anger, that means all you know is there's one form of anger. But if you start teaching people, well, there are other words that we could use like peeved, irritated.

Yeah, so I'm very similar to Lisa in terms of there are emotion concepts or categories. Well, let's use the anger category. If you only have one word for anger, that means all you know is there's one form of anger. But if you start teaching people, well, there are other words that we could use like peeved, irritated.

angry, enraged, livid, and you have rich conversations, which is what I do in schools with kids and teachers themselves. Like what is, when you're feeling peeved, like what are the things that make you feel peeved versus the things that make you feel enraged? What does it feel like in your body when you're feeling that way? Granted that everybody feels things differently in their bodies.

angry, enraged, livid, and you have rich conversations, which is what I do in schools with kids and teachers themselves. Like what is, when you're feeling peeved, like what are the things that make you feel peeved versus the things that make you feel enraged? What does it feel like in your body when you're feeling that way? Granted that everybody feels things differently in their bodies.

angry, enraged, livid, and you have rich conversations, which is what I do in schools with kids and teachers themselves. Like what is, when you're feeling peeved, like what are the things that make you feel peeved versus the things that make you feel enraged? What does it feel like in your body when you're feeling that way? Granted that everybody feels things differently in their bodies.

That really doesn't matter. What matters is that we have a common language and a common understanding of what these emotions are, because otherwise we can't communicate. This is a big deal for me in terms of having a common language within a community to talk about emotion, because right now we're in a crisis of anxiety. I'm not 100% bought into that.

That really doesn't matter. What matters is that we have a common language and a common understanding of what these emotions are, because otherwise we can't communicate. This is a big deal for me in terms of having a common language within a community to talk about emotion, because right now we're in a crisis of anxiety. I'm not 100% bought into that.

That really doesn't matter. What matters is that we have a common language and a common understanding of what these emotions are, because otherwise we can't communicate. This is a big deal for me in terms of having a common language within a community to talk about emotion, because right now we're in a crisis of anxiety. I'm not 100% bought into that.

I think that people use the word anxiety improperly. Anxiety is about uncertainty about the future, if we're going to define it. It's different than stress. There's different forms of stress, as you know. But the distress is usually when you have too many demands and not enough resources, which is different than when you're overwhelmed, which is my emotion of the year, which is I'm just saturated.

I think that people use the word anxiety improperly. Anxiety is about uncertainty about the future, if we're going to define it. It's different than stress. There's different forms of stress, as you know. But the distress is usually when you have too many demands and not enough resources, which is different than when you're overwhelmed, which is my emotion of the year, which is I'm just saturated.

I think that people use the word anxiety improperly. Anxiety is about uncertainty about the future, if we're going to define it. It's different than stress. There's different forms of stress, as you know. But the distress is usually when you have too many demands and not enough resources, which is different than when you're overwhelmed, which is my emotion of the year, which is I'm just saturated.

I can't even figure out what's going on anymore. which is also different from fear. And we call that emotion differentiation or granularity, people call it. They're slightly different. The differentiation is like between emotions and the granularity might be within the emotion. But from my work, just to go on about this for a moment, the best example I have is I do a lot of corporate training.

I can't even figure out what's going on anymore. which is also different from fear. And we call that emotion differentiation or granularity, people call it. They're slightly different. The differentiation is like between emotions and the granularity might be within the emotion. But from my work, just to go on about this for a moment, the best example I have is I do a lot of corporate training.

I can't even figure out what's going on anymore. which is also different from fear. And we call that emotion differentiation or granularity, people call it. They're slightly different. The differentiation is like between emotions and the granularity might be within the emotion. But from my work, just to go on about this for a moment, the best example I have is I do a lot of corporate training.

And so I'm in a room filled with lawyers or executives and I ask them how they're feeling. Nobody's really sure how they're feeling, like you were saying. And then I'll do these little kind of quizzes with them. Tell me the difference. You've got three minutes in a group. Anxiety, stress, pressure, fear, overwhelmed. And they come back, and the number one response is, they're all the same.

And so I'm in a room filled with lawyers or executives and I ask them how they're feeling. Nobody's really sure how they're feeling, like you were saying. And then I'll do these little kind of quizzes with them. Tell me the difference. You've got three minutes in a group. Anxiety, stress, pressure, fear, overwhelmed. And they come back, and the number one response is, they're all the same.

And so I'm in a room filled with lawyers or executives and I ask them how they're feeling. Nobody's really sure how they're feeling, like you were saying. And then I'll do these little kind of quizzes with them. Tell me the difference. You've got three minutes in a group. Anxiety, stress, pressure, fear, overwhelmed. And they come back, and the number one response is, they're all the same.

And I'm like, really? Take another few minutes. Just try to define them. They can't even define them. They say things like one is internal, one is external, one is higher energy and lower energy. I'm like, I get that, but what do these concepts mean to you? What do they mean to you? Anyhow, finally we get to the definitions, and then I say, who cares?

And I'm like, really? Take another few minutes. Just try to define them. They can't even define them. They say things like one is internal, one is external, one is higher energy and lower energy. I'm like, I get that, but what do these concepts mean to you? What do they mean to you? Anyhow, finally we get to the definitions, and then I say, who cares?

And I'm like, really? Take another few minutes. Just try to define them. They can't even define them. They say things like one is internal, one is external, one is higher energy and lower energy. I'm like, I get that, but what do these concepts mean to you? What do they mean to you? Anyhow, finally we get to the definitions, and then I say, who cares?