The list of emotions a typical young child understands may be limited to happy, mad, sad, and scared (Harter, S., & Buddin, B. J.); however, as the child grows, the list expands, and they develop a more nuanced vocabulary to describe their feelings. Over the past 40 years, several...
Similarly,listening to sad songs will help us feel better during times of sadness.Listening to sad songs while we're in such a situation is similar to having a friend who will understand all our emotions. The feelings we are unable to explain to our dear ones can easi...
People also use their body language to convey positive feelings, such as trust, interest and happiness. Spotting these signs can reassure you that others are engaged with what you’re saying and at ease with the situation. What’s more, by adopting these behaviors yourself,...
THE WORD“demure” is old—it describes the sort of modest lady Victorians esteemed—but it is freshly fashionable. There are some 800,000 posts on TikTok with the tag #demure. Youngsters today are using the word with lashings of irony, invoking it to describe everything from Saturn to sun...
I find it draining, and have plenty of better ways to spend my time and energy. And sometimes they want to let you know how little your thoughts or feelings matter to them. How can I stop them? Not Ready for the Truth If you’re delivering a truth they just can’t handle, stick ...
"I'm used to making a bit more than this," Sophia confided to her father. "Then," he announced to all, "I will get you a stand at the farmers' market." The girls whooped. I began to mutter: "Now don't be disappointed if it doesn't work. You can't just show up at the ...
While most species were domesticated because of their value to humans (horses for their labor, cows for their milk, and so on and so forth ), you can’t really put cats to work. So when cats needed shelter and food, they essentially took domestication upon themselves. ...
15). Ultimately, while there is something about Zen awakening that is unsayable, one can conventionally use words and letters, concepts and phrases, to express the inexpressible, or describe what is indescribable. However, that being said, what is unsayable in regard to Zen is not unique to ...
To be blunt, I don’t think that anyone can really understand her. She always pulls so many bizarre stunts when we’re on tour, but if you meet her any other time she’s exactly the same. She’s supposed to be the group’s lead vocalist, but we never know from day to day ...
There’s a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada who has come up with a term to describe the way a lot of us North Americans interact these days. And now a big research study confirms it. Barry Wellman’s term is “networked individualism”. It’s not the easiest concept to...