Emotional Bytes

Today Gillian rogers and Jas Mendola look at identity needs and how they influence our emotions.

Today we look at attachment theory through the rich dynamics of that classic show - “Modern Family”.

We often attribute someone else’s bad behaviour to their personality but our own bad behaviour to circumstances. Where we attribute cause influences where we place blame and has a huge effect on the meaning we attribute and feelings about that situation. Today we consider attribution and its effect on our emotions.

Today we look at part 2 of invisible structures. How to know, understand and navigate these invisible structures that operate within us and around us and between us.

Should respect be something that is practiced by all or something that is given to all? There are many social nuances to respect related to how we behave and how we treat each other. Should respect be given freely or should it be earned? How do our actions influence the respect we recieve?

The final part of our trilogy of respect we look at power dynamics, punishment and how to approach conflict with the aim of understanding and communication instead of control and manipulation. Family is something that can be a constant where we learn lessons about relationships that we can apply to the wider world.

Today we take a look at disrespect, conflict and communication respect from a personal and practical point of view as our host examines respect in the context of his relationship with his own daughter.

Today we look at the concept of respect in a family situation including the evolving nature of respect and what a “respect toolkit” might look like to enable others to feel respected. We also look at interdependence theory and how that relates to respect.

Today we contest Limerence with Authentic Love. What is it? What does it look like? How do we cultivate it? How do we recognise and attract authentic love?

Today we look at how to set goals, we revisit intrinsic motivation and examine different procrastination styles and how to deal with them.

Today we dive into Shalom Schwartz’s theory of basic human values. What are they? How do they change? How do they influence our behaviour? What happens when our values clash and how do these concepts influence our internal narrative?

Today we do a roundup of some of the appraisal concepts explored so far, we look at some of the emotions from a slightly different angle and throw in surprise and passion as well. What exactly are some of the best strategies for dealing with the experience of feelings and being human?

So good we created part 2. A further look at Fear and anxiety along with some ways of changing your relationship with anxiety.

Today we look at part one of our exploration of Fear and anxiety. What are they? How are they different? What does it do in the brain? Attachment roots of chronic fear and anxiety in relationships. Can we look at fear in a new way?

Enough of the gloom. We look at the appraisals associated with positive emotions.. Spoiler: pleasantness, certainty and relevance.

Today we look at those self-conscious social emotions - shame, guilt and pride. What influences it? How can we understand it?

Today we look at disappointment and regret and in particular, what is the relationship of guilt and regret to our values and what appraisals shape these feelings.

We explore “Modes of Action Readiness”,how these emotions manifest in the body, and the effect that this has on the manifestation of two different types of anger reactions and two different types of sadness.

Exploring the negative interpersonal emotions - Anger, Contempt and Hatred. What unconscious processes give rise to these emotional concepts? How are they similar? How are they different?

How scientists model the different mental processes and language concepts that contribute to our mind’s understanding of what is happening in our body and environment to apply meaning out of that information with concepts that we call appraisals.