The following has been taken from discussions between Dr. Ekman and the Dalai Lama. Read more in their book Emotional Awareness. Ekman: What I have been able to distill from …
How to Deal with Emotions
Influence your emotional reactions with increased awareness of impulses and behaviors
Awareness is against our nature Nature doesn’t make it easy for us to learn how to deal with our emotions. After nearly 50 years of research, I don’t believe that …
Emotional Awareness for Children
A new approach to provide emotional skills for children
July 11, 2018 A human experience We are the only creatures capable of attaching words to memories, anticipations, and plans; it is this unique ability that also allows us to …
A Special CEB Teacher Training Opportunity
A Letter from the Other Ekman
A Letter from the Other Ekman By Eve Ekman, PhD October 5, 2017 I am writing this letter to let you know about a special training opportunity which is very …
Anger Can Be Useful
Your anger problem and you
January 27, 2017 Anger is Not Always Destructive We shouldn’t try to get rid of anger, which seems to be the mistaken goal of some new age-y groups and some …
Constructive Anger
How to deal with anger
September 22, 2016 The following excerpt about constructive anger is taken from the book of dialogue between the Dalai Lama and myself, entitled Emotional Awareness (2009). Having just reread it, …
Eve Ekman on Cultivating Emotional Balance
Finding insight in awareness
June 23, 2016 Our emotional responses shape our experience of the world. Emotions can profoundly enrich our lives, such as when we feel pride from great success or the elation …
How I Became Friends with the Dalai Lama
Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama
May 16, 2016 A Happy Accident Like most other important events in my life, meeting the Dalai Lama was not a deliberate choice, but an accident. I avoided anything about …