Hack Your Emotions | The Happiness Lab | Dr. Laurie Santos

The podcast explores emotion regulation, highlighting strategies for managing and leveraging difficult feelings. Psychologist Ethan Kross shares insights from his book, "Shift, Managing Your Emotions So They Don't Manage You," emphasizing that emotions are functional when experienced in proportion. Kross details how sensory stimuli like music and touch can shift emotions, and how strategic distraction and gaining perspective through techniques like mental time travel can aid regulation. The conversation touches on the influence of physical spaces and relationships, noting how emotional contagion affects groups. Ultimately, the podcast advocates for understanding and strategically wielding various tools to live a more emotionally balanced life.