Why on earth would we want to engage with emotional pain when it can hurt so much? and how come it is so difficult to locate where emotional pain is in the body? Psychologist and Emotion Focused Therapist, Ashley White, explains why it might be useful to ask yourself, ‘Where is the pain’ in order to process difficult emotions.

How are shame and anger connected? In this episode Dr Leslie Greenberg speaks of shame as ‘the most painful emotion’ and describes how the experience of feeling worthless can interact with anger. Listen in to find out how an understanding of this interaction might be helpful in changing difficult experiences of both shame and anger and our relationship to both these emotions.

How are shame and anger connected? In this episode Dr Leslie Greenberg speaks of shame as ‘the most painful emotion’ and describes how the experience of feeling worthless can interact with anger. Listen in to find out how an understanding of this interaction might be helpful in changing difficult experiences of both shame and anger and our relationship to both these emotions.

Is there an emotion revolution happening? Well, there’s a conference coming up in Bergen, Norway, titled ‘Emotion Revolution' and also a podcast mini series titled 'Emotion Revolution', so it would seem indeed that the revolution may be upon us. In this episode Nicolau Hansen discusses this possibility and gives us a taser from interviews with the conference keynote speakers recorded for the Emotion Revolution podcast mini series.

The second of two episodes exploring the common emotional experiences of LGBTQ+ people and what might be useful in the therapeutic space. Kurt Renders and Lou Cooper talk about their experience of working with gender and sexual minorities.

The first of two episodes exploring Minority Stress and the common emotional experiences of LGBTQ+ people. Kurt Renders and Lou Cooper talk about their own lived experience of growing up as ‘other’ in a heteronormative and cisnormative world.

How are you going to celebrate Emotion Awareness Day? And why do we need such a day in the first place? In this episode Robert Elliott talks about the benefits of emotion awareness and also shares a poem they wrote expressly to celebrate this day.

Are you someone who cries a lot? And do you always understand what these tears are about? Perhaps you wonder whether your tears are healthy or if they are something to be embarrassed or worried about? Or maybe you never or hardly ever cry but know people who cry at the drop of a hat and you wonder about this? Listen to Dr Imke Herrmann, who describes herself as ‘a professional crier’, as she explores these questions.

What is ‘being’ and what is ‘doing’ and why do we seem to put so much emphasis these days on ‘being’? Has ‘doing’ become the poor cousin of ‘being’? Barry Strmelj, contrasts these two states and explains how ‘being’ and ‘doing’ can work together.

Growing from a dependent infant into a well adjusted adult is a long and complicated process, according to Dr Mirisse Foroughe, and young people need the opportunity to learn to handle life’s hardships and experience difficult emotions. In this episode Mirisse shares some of what she has learnt from over 20 years’ experience riding the emotional rollercoaster with children, adolescents and their families.

This episode looks at the importance of psychotherapists working on their own emotional process. Marco Mendes tells the story of his own experience of shame in the course of training as an Emotion Focused Therapist and describes the impact of one small moment during his training in transforming the pain of his shameful experience.

When there is trouble in the world we often feel lost, despairing and helpless to do anything about it. Our emotions run high and it’s hard to give ourselves a break from it. In this episode Shari Geller talks us through a mindful practice that is designed to give us just that. It is an opportunity for us to be kind to ourselves.

When there is trouble in the world we often feel lost, despairing and helpless to do anything about it. Our emotions run high and it’s hard to give ourselves a break from it. In this episode Shari Geller talks us through a mindful practice that is designed to give us just that. It is an opportunity for us to be kind to ourselves.

Have you had the experience of the same old difficult feeling coming up again and again, even though you thought you’d worked things out? In this episode Aksel Inge Sinding talks about this common experience and the emotional process that might be going on and making this happen.

What is the experience of shame and how does it differ from feeling embarrassment or guilt? Dr Shigeru Iwakabe addresses these questions as well as talking about the cultural differences in shame and its functional purpose.

Do you have a critical part of yourself that sometimes gives you a really hard time? In this episode Rhonda Goldman discusses the benefits of becoming aware of this critical voice and how tuning into the emotions it generates can be helpful.

Why on earth would we want to feel emotions that are painful? It makes sense that we often do things to avoid feeling pain but, as Lars Auszra explains, sometimes this can lead to an even more painful experience.

What is it that keeps us stuck in old patterns and habits when we really want to change? Anna Oldershaw sheds some light on the complexity of change and to to approach the experience of ‘stuckness’.

How does self-compassion help us in the face of suffering and what are some of the obstacles that make it difficult to find compassion for our selves? Shari Geller discusses how self-compassion can help us to experience and work with other difficult emotions and pain.

Many cultures attach great value to being sociable and extroverted, making shyness, at times, problematic. Robert Elliott, a ‘formerly shy person’, discusses how some people learn to be scared of other people and offers ways of overcoming shyness and even learning how to become more comfortable as a public speaker.