Are you emotionally a lion or a lamb? And how can you best use your characteristic way of being as a parent? Joanne Dolhanty describes an Emotion Focused approach to parenting.

Explore what it is that children might be trying to tell us when they cling on to the adults around them or lash out and get themselves into trouble at school. Vivienne Wisniewski shares her experience of working with the emotions of children.

How can we learn to 'feel into' others better to enrich our relationships? What might we have to unlearn in this process? Robert Elliott shares his tips as well as what he calls 'empathy traps'. Turns out there is a lot we can do to help us develop empathy for others, in particular when they are in pain.

The first podcast of this series starts by addressing a fundamental question about emotions with the primary developer of Emotion Focused Therapy, Dr Leslie Greenberg. Set yourself up for an informative discussion that is likely to make you want to learn more about emotions.