How are you feeling? I mean truly, when was the last time you checked in on the emotions you’re feeling amidst the hustle and bustle of your day? In this episode, we’re joined by Author, Professor, and Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Marc Brackett. Marc shares challenges he faced as a child and how his uncle was the first to ask him how he was feeling without judgment. Giving him permission to feel his emotions. Marc dives into the Mood Meter, and how we can use it to do the same thing his uncle did for him, acknowledge feelings without judgment. From the ways different genders and racial groups are affected differently around emotions, and the power of failing forward, this episode is all about awareness and the worthwhile work to grow and feel all the emotions without giving them power over you.

02:40 Meet Professor, Author, and creator of the Mood Meter Dr. Marc Brackett.

08:15 What is an emotional scientist?

10:00 Don’t judge your feelings, be curious about them.

15:00 What is the Mood Meter? How can we use it?

17:40 How often do you check in with how you are feeling?

19:00 Are you really talking to the people closest to you about feelings and emotions?

22:15 Ways boys, girls, and different races are spoken to differently about showing emotions.

26:00 The permission to fail and continue to move forward.

30:30 The goal is striving for wellbeing, not

33:00 How do you acknowledge negatively labeled feelings, and not allow them to affect your wellbeing?

36:20 What advice would you give girls to make sure they are able to be their full feeling selves?