These processes explain how the emotional atmosphere around us can shape our thoughts, mood, and even our perceptions.

Again and again in therapy, I find myself emphasizing the distinction between feeling an emotion and acting on it. Many patients, and non-patients too, take undue responsibility for their emotions, as ...

The capacity to distinguish between feeling and action is an important part of being a stable adult. Many people take undue responsibility for their emotions, as though feelings were behaviors. Often ...

Editor's note: Val Farmer is on a Christmas vacation. This popular column was first published in February 2002. What is love? Love is an overpowering feeling, an intense romantic high and unbounded ...

The deadline to register for Wednesday's (June 12) Center for Healthy Living workshop on “Thoughts, Feelings and Actions Aligned” is Tuesday (June 11). Those interested should register via the Healthy ...