Emotional Minutes 12: What causes anxiety and ways to deal with anxiety
Anxiety can be a natural part of our lives, but it can also become very difficult and create barriers for us. This video clip discusses some highly-researched common causes of…
Emotional Minutes 11: What causes depression?
There are many possible causes of depression, and research has focused in on a few key psychological factors that contribute to people feeling depressed. This clip discusses those contributors or…
Emotional Minutes 10: What are signs of depression?
Difficult times like the COVID-19 pandemic can contribute to experiences like depression, but it is not always easy to tell or realize if we are depressed. So what is depression?…
Emotional Minutes 9: Coping with anxiety and depression
Difficult times like the COVID-19 pandemic can really make us feel overwhelmed and experience a lot of stress. This clip discusses some research-supported ways of recognizing and coping with anxiety,…
Emotional Minutes 8: BLM protests and why opinions clash
Why do people clash over social causes like the Black Lives Matter movement and protests? This clip goes over some reasons that people sometimes disagree so strongly about an issue,…
Emotional Minutes 7: Emotional coping strategy – Accepting my emotions?
Allowing yourself to experience certain emotions without trying to change them can sometimes be difficult, but in a number of situations it can help provide relief and less struggle with…
Emotional Minutes 6: Emotional coping strategy: Self-talk
How do you talk yourself through moments in which difficult thoughts and emotions come up? This video looks into how you relate to your thoughts (a.k.a. cognitions) and gives some…
Emotional Minutes 5: Emotion strategy – there’s a choice?
There are many ways to decide how to deal with situations that bring up a lot of negative emotions. This video looks at how we might make an initial decision…