Understanding Emotions and How They are Constructed

One of my goals for making this video was to provide a framework for conceptualizing and these things we call emotions. All too often, we act as if our emotions are something that simply descend upon us and take us over. As a result, we are subject to their whims. The theory of constructed emotions helps us understand how these experiences are created, thus providing us a direction with how to work with our emotions specifically, and momentary experiences in general. Finally, at the end of this video, I share some ideas about how some basics mind-body skills provide can be used to help us stay present to, sit with and perhaps regulate our emotional experiences.