Emotion Regulation Archives

How to Regulate Your Emotions: The Emotion Regulation Techniques That Make You Emotionally Rich

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 14, 2025 | Anger, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, Grief, Myrthe Glasbergen, Shame

Reading time: 8 minutes Emotion regulation is the new rich. Not because calmness is a status symbol, but because learning to regulate your emotions turns you into a wiser, grounded, emotionally stable adult. When you can work with your feelings instead of fighting...

Why Do I Overreact? Understanding Emotional Triggers and Hidden Pain

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 1, 2025 | Emotion Regulation, Emotions, Relationships, Stress and the body

Reading time: 8 minutes We have all felt that moment when emotion takes over before thought can catch up. Someone says something that stings, withdraws affection, crosses a boundary, or simply looks away, and something inside you ignites. It’s disproportionate, almost...

How To Stop Feeling Emotionally Numb Inside

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 1, 2025 | Burn-out, Depression, Emotion Regulation, Emotional healing, Emotions, Loneliness

Reading time: 7 minutes There is a kind of silence that doesn’t mean peace. It’s a stillness that lives in the body like a slow, invisible frost. You move through your days, you do what’s expected of you, you even smile, laugh, and take care of things, but something...

This Is Why We Fight: The Emotional Anatomy of Polarization

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Oct 10, 2025 | Anger, Anxiety, Coping Mechanisms, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotions, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Grief, Guilt, Myrthe Glasbergen, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity, Shame, Society & Culture, The Father Wound, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness

Reading time: 9 minutes Lately I have been feeling into the state of the world, and especially the state of the online world. What I see happening collectively mirrors what happens within each of us individually. The fights, the outrage, the quickness to label and...

The Dangerous Costs of Emotionally Immature Leaders, And How to Fix It

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Aug 12, 2025 | Capitalism, Colonialism, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotions, Feminism, Intergenerational trauma, Leadership, Myrthe Glasbergen, Patriarchy, Socialism, Trauma

Reading time: 12 minutes The dangerous costs of emotionally immature leaders aren’t just bad policy. They’re cycles of harm that echo through politics, culture, and everyday life. Without emotional maturity at the heart of leadership, decisions are driven by...

Somatic Tools for Emotions: How Body-Based Healing Transforms Trauma

by Myrthe Glasbergen | May 18, 2025 | Anger, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotional Neglect, Emotions, Grief, Guilt, Nervous system regulation, Relationships, Shame, Stress, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions, Trauma

Reading time: 4 minutes Somatic Tools for Emotions: Reconnecting with the Body’s Intelligence We live in a world that teaches us to analyze everything but feel very little. When we experience pain or discomfort, we often move away from it instead of into it. Yet...