A Pocketbook Guide to the Basics of Emotion

We’re excited to announce the launch of The Humintell Emotion Primer – a pocketbook guide to the basics of emotion. It’s a little book that we put together that summarizes and describes some of the major points about emotions, especially about the basic emotions that we talk about in our work and that we’ve studied and…

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The Link Between Children’s Bedtime and Emotion Regulation

A resent study from Pennsylvania State University suggests that a consistent bedtime for children leads to better emotion regulation while under stress or working with others. Children Sleep Study Researchers analyzed sleep and behavior data of 143 six-year-olds, mothers of whom were trained about responsive parenting in the first 2.5 years following birth. The children…

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Why Every Interaction You Have Is A Negotiation

Every interaction is a negotiation Whether we realize it or not, we’re all salespeople and every interaction is a negotiation in which we persuade and influence others. Some of us do this professionally; sales people sell products and attempt to have people purchase those products; teachers sell knowledge and skills and attempt to persuade students…

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Emotion Regulation Training to Prevent Postpartum Depression

New research presented at the 37th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology studied the activity in the brain’s amygdala during pregnancy. The amygdala is part of the temporal lobe and part of a larger network in the brain called the limbic system. When it comes to survival, the amygdala and limbic system are extremely important. These are…

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