Emotion as Information

Anger

Is Your Relationship Stuck in an Impasse?

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on January 4, 2023

Practicing empathy and understanding and validating difficult emotions, like anger, can help couples break free again.

Practicing empathy and understanding and validating difficult emotions, like anger, can help couples break free again.

Anxiety

5 Important Things to Know About Emotions

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on December 20, 2022

Feeling a lot these days? New knowledge and skills can help our collective emotional health. Here are five things to know about emotions.

Feeling a lot these days? New knowledge and skills can help our collective emotional health. Here are five things to know about emotions.

Guilt

From Guilt to Gratitude

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on November 10, 2022

Feeling guilty about your good fortune? This quick shift can help you feel less guilty and more connected.

Feeling guilty about your good fortune? This quick shift can help you feel less guilty and more connected.

Anxiety

3 Tips to Stay More Present in the Present

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on October 20, 2022

Is worry consuming you? Try these techniques to calm yourself.

Is worry consuming you? Try these techniques to calm yourself.

Anger

Creating Space for Our Emotions to Heal

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on September 20, 2022

Feeling disconnected from your emotions? Understanding how core emotions work in the mind and body can help you reconnect.

Feeling disconnected from your emotions? Understanding how core emotions work in the mind and body can help you reconnect.

Imposter Syndrome

4 Deep and Lasting Ways to Alleviate Imposter Syndrome

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on August 1, 2022

Everyone feels like an imposter at times. Apply these techniques to empower yourself.

Everyone feels like an imposter at times. Apply these techniques to empower yourself.

Anger

Why We Judge Others and Ourselves

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on July 7, 2022

Want to grow less judgmental? Get to know the emotions driving your judgments.

Want to grow less judgmental? Get to know the emotions driving your judgments.

Anxiety

The Secret to Getting Over FOMO

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on June 1, 2022

Do you have FOMO? Acknowledging loss and processing sadness can help.

Do you have FOMO? Acknowledging loss and processing sadness can help.

Anger

4 Constructive Ways to Manage Anger

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on April 25, 2022

Dealing with anger? These constructive actions can help mitigate damage.

Dealing with anger? These constructive actions can help mitigate damage.

Anger

Will Smith and the Public Health Need for Emotions Education

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on April 8, 2022

The violence at the Oscars was a lesson for us all. Emotions education and tools to work with anger are a public health imperative. Here's what we need to know.

The violence at the Oscars was a lesson for us all. Emotions education and tools to work with anger are a public health imperative. Here's what we need to know.

Anxiety

22 Important Things to Know About Emotions

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on March 3, 2022

Suffering from painful feelings, anxiety, or depression? Understanding how emotions work in the mind and body can help.

Suffering from painful feelings, anxiety, or depression? Understanding how emotions work in the mind and body can help.

Education

The Drive-Thru Therapist

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on February 2, 2022

Is life bringing you down? A little therapeutic entertainment could help.

Is life bringing you down? A little therapeutic entertainment could help.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Emotional Challenges of Traumatic Brain Injury

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on January 3, 2022

Traumatic brain injury causes many challenges. Understanding and learning to work with emotions can help us move forward.

Traumatic brain injury causes many challenges. Understanding and learning to work with emotions can help us move forward.

Education

Thanksgiving Feelings of Abandonment

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on November 18, 2021

Thanksgiving brings up many emotions. A few tools and techniques enable us to shift to calmer and more centered states of being.

Thanksgiving brings up many emotions. A few tools and techniques enable us to shift to calmer and more centered states of being.

Trauma

Why Mourning for the Self Is a Necessary Part of Healing

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on November 15, 2021

Want to build the best possible emotional health for the future? It often involves mourning for our younger self.

Want to build the best possible emotional health for the future? It often involves mourning for our younger self.

Guilt

The Choice Between Guilt and Resentment

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on October 12, 2021

Disappointing others when we say no can bring up tough emotions. Dealing head on with feelings like guilt and resentment can help.

Disappointing others when we say no can bring up tough emotions. Dealing head on with feelings like guilt and resentment can help.

Anxiety

Going Back to School Later in Life

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on September 5, 2021

Feeling nervous about going back to school? You're not alone.

Feeling nervous about going back to school? You're not alone.

Anxiety

Two Powerful Techniques to Lower Anxiety

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on August 10, 2021

Are you experiencing anxiety? These tips offer relief, plus a sense of mastery over your emotional mind and body. 

Are you experiencing anxiety? These tips offer relief, plus a sense of mastery over your emotional mind and body. 

Embarrassment

5 Things to Know About Toxic Shame

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on July 7, 2021

If you're suffering from depression, insecurity, or a belief that something is wrong with you, addressing your feelings of shame could help.

If you're suffering from depression, insecurity, or a belief that something is wrong with you, addressing your feelings of shame could help.

Depression

3 Reasons to Have Hope for Healing Depression

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on June 17, 2021

Feeling pessimistic about your capacity to heal from depression? Here's why there is hope.

Feeling pessimistic about your capacity to heal from depression? Here's why there is hope.