Ever wonder why certain situations in your relationship trigger such strong emotions? Learn how past experiences can influence your reactions, relationship patterns, and emotional responses—and how greater awareness can help you respond differently.

Sports injuries are more than just physical events, they also involve an avalanche of emotions. Athletes will often report feeling sad, angry, anxious, frustrated, helpless, and doubt about their identity. While the traditional intervention in the world of sport psychology focuses mostly on controlling those thoughts or managing stress, Emotion Focused Therapy brings a different perspective, working with emotions rather than against them.

Anger is a complex and often misunderstood emotion that can be both destructive and protective, shaped by how we learned to express or suppress it early in life. Though sometimes labeled a secondary emotion, anger is valid and can serve as a source of control, self-worth, and insight into deeper feelings like hurt or sadness.

Seasonal changes often inspire a desire for renewal and self-improvement, and summer can bring its own emotions, expectations, and pressures. As plans and goals fill the months ahead, it’s important to remember self-care and find a balanced way to move through the season.

Anxiety. It can keep us alive, keep us responsible, keeps us from danger and keep our loved ones safe. However, it can also keep us on an emotional roller-coaster for long periods of time, get in the way of our day-to-day activities, and can easily get blown out of proportion to the actual facts of a situation.

Health anxiety, also known as hypochondria or illness anxiety disorder, involves obsessive worry about having or developing a serious illness, often fueled by heightened focus on bodily symptoms. This article explores practical strategies to manage these fears, recognizing that different approaches work for different people.