Emotional Contagion

05/11/22 • 14 min

Emotions, like viruses, can be contagious. In this episode, Craig discusses emotional contagion and its effects, and offers some advice on how to use emotional contagion to make the world a little better.

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Episode on mindfulness: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/living-well-through-mindfulness/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

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Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/
Episode on mindfulness: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/living-well-through-mindfulness/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

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Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

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The Power of Small Things: The Small Wins Strategy of Change

In this episode of Live Well and Flourish, Craig discusses the small wins strategy of change, which involves breaking big changes into a series of smaller changes such that each of the small changes has its own value. This is the last of a three part mini-series of episodes on the power of small things.

Weick, K. (1984). Small wins: Redefining the scale of social problems, American Psychologist, 39(1), 40-49. https://homepages.se.edu/cvonbergen/files/2013/01/Small-Wins_Redefining-the-Scale-of-Social-Problems.pdf

Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

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Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, [email protected].

Production assistant - Paul Robert

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Controlling Your Emotions through Emotional Regulation

Being able to control your emotions to minimize unnecessary suffering, and to maximize positive feelings is important to your flourishing. In this episode, Craig discusses emotional regulation and provides some strategies for taking control of your emotions and emotional responses. There's also a goat story!
Notes
Five Families of Emotional Regulation Strategies

Strategy family Example strategies

Situation selection Avoidance

Situation modification Direct request (to change the situation)

Attentional deployment Distraction

Rumination (directing attention towards causes & consequences)

Cognitive change Cognitive reappraisal

Acceptance (of the emotion)

Response modulation Expressive suppression (preventing outward expressions of emotion)
Physiological intervention (e.g. breathing deeply and slowly)

Note: Adapted from McCrae & Gross (2020) Available at: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-03346-001.html

Article on Stoicism and Emotion Regulation

https://antidotesforchimps.com/2019/12/14/stoicism-emotion-regulation/

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