How does self-compassion help us in the face of suffering and what are some of the obstacles that make it difficult to find compassion for our selves? Shari Geller discusses how self-compassion can help us to experience and work with other difficult emotions and pain.

Many cultures attach great value to being sociable and extroverted, making shyness, at times, problematic. Robert Elliott, a ‘formerly shy person’, discusses how some people learn to be scared of other people and offers ways of overcoming shyness and even learning how to become more comfortable as a public speaker.

Did you get angry as a child? And what happened when you did? Or perhaps you have children now that get angry and as a parent you don’t know what to do with it? Anne Hilde Vassbo Hagen talks about the function of helpful and unhelpful anger in children and how parents can help be it.

Dr Rhonda Goldman is Professor of Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Co-Author of Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples

What is it that makes grief last so much longer for some people than for others? And does the process of grief ever end? Jason Sharbanee discusses the complicated nature of grief and how we might understand it from an emotion focused perspective.

How does an engineer change into a world leading ‘emotion-ologist’? Leslie Greenberg tells the story of this evolution and the pathway he took to learning how to Change Emotion with Emotion.

Dr Joanne Dolhanty is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist based in Toronto, Canada and co-developer of the Emotion Focused Therapy approach to working with eating disorders.

Have you ever felt that if you let yourself cry your tears will never stop? As difficult as it can be sometimes, there are benefits of getting in touch with our sadness. Juliette Becking explains why ‘It’s sad to not be able to be sad’.

Often people sit on the edge of therapy before diving in and there may be many reasons for this. Emotion Focused Therapist, Ashley White, talks about the experience of many possible future clients as they contemplate seeking help, and of new clients as they start the process of therapy.

What is at the core of emotional pain, and how does it show itself? Join Dr Ladislav Timulak as he explains what has been learnt from listening to individuals in therapy about their experience of emotional pain.

Become more present to yourself as Shari Geller gently guides you in this practice and describes the impact of presence or distraction.

Are you emotionally a lion or a lamb? And how can you best use your characteristic way of being as a parent? Joanne Dolhanty describes an Emotion Focused approach to parenting.

How can we learn to 'feel into' others better to enrich our relationships? What might we have to unlearn in this process? Robert Elliott shares his tips as well as what he calls 'empathy traps'. Turns out there is a lot we can do to help us develop empathy for others, in particular when they are in pain.

The first podcast of this series starts by addressing a fundamental question about emotions with the primary developer of Emotion Focused Therapy, Dr Leslie Greenberg. Set yourself up for an informative discussion that is likely to make you want to learn more about emotions.