Sadness is an emotion we often associate with breakups, job loss, or death. But it doesn’t only appear when catastrophe strikes. As psychotherapists and parent educators, we know sadness is also a ...

You may not particularly enjoy feeling sad. You may prefer experiencing other emotions. But if you try to avoid the emotion all together, mental health professionals want you to know not to. People ...

Sadness is the emotion we experience when we encounter some kind of loss. It can be a difficult emotion to feel. “But the goal should not be to live a life free of sadness,” says Ethan Kross, PhD, a ...

It was lovely to hear that Inside Out had won the 2016 Oscar for best animated film, though I doubt that anyone was the slightest bit surprised. It has enchanted and captivated audiences the world ...

There are emotions we instinctively try to ignore. One of them is sadness. As pointed out by Lisa Firestone, adults teach children—from an early age—to immediately stop crying when they are sad. They ...