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The Emotional Toolkit

The Power of Emotions and How to Use Your Emotions to Get the Life You Want

Boredom
How to Embrace Boredom for Deep Work and Focus

Heather Lench Ph.D. on March 28, 2024

Learning to tolerate boredom is essential to mastering challenging tasks and succeeding. But how do you learn to embrace it? Tips from exposure treatment offer some clues.

Learning to tolerate boredom is essential to mastering challenging tasks and succeeding. But how do you learn to embrace it? Tips from exposure treatment offer some clues.

Relationships
Why Valentine’s Day Hurts After a Breakup

Heather Lench Ph.D. on February 12, 2024

Although breakups hurt, people usually recover quickly and are less upset than they had previously anticipated. But Valentine's Day can change that pattern, research suggests.

Although breakups hurt, people usually recover quickly and are less upset than they had previously anticipated. But Valentine's Day can change that pattern, research suggests.