A look at one emotion – Molly Potter

Anxiety – in a nutshell

Some snippets about anxiety to reflect upon it and possibly develop further understanding.

What can we do to attain greater happiness and what might get in the way?

Anger can be a complex emotion and how we handle it can vary from person to person.

Except for the psychopaths and highly avoidant amongst us (!) most of us have been rattled directly by shame to…

Impatience is an emotion that I would not put up there with the really big ones! It tends not to…

Illustrations by Sarah Jennings from How Are You Feeling Now? by Molly Potter Guilt rattles us and is triggered by…

There was a time when Ofsted school inspectors actually went looking for ‘awe and wonder’ in lessons. And as with…

I outline what to teach children about anger in the post: Dealing with children’s anger – reactively and proactively. This…

A lot of what is included in this post can also be found in my blog posts elsewhere but as…

Shame is an odd emotion in that we nearly all feel it but it is rarely mentioned as an emotion.…

Disappointment can sometimes be quite a powerful feeling. It’s an uncomfortable emotion that can feel like a concoction of frustration,…

I first learnt the term, ‘helicopter parents’ in the noughties in an article that was about how universities no longer…