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Marc Brackett - Yale Emotional Intelligence Expert | How to Effortlessly Master Emotions

Feb 13, 2026
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Marc Brackett
Marc Brackett, research psychologist and founder of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, shares why emotions are signals and not identity. He explains the RULER framework and why precise feeling language helps. Hear practical starts for adults, how unprocessed feelings leak into decisions, and simple regulation habits that build emotional capacity.
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ADVICE

Build Emotional Vocabulary Early

  • Teach children emotion vocabulary and concrete regulation strategies across development.
  • Use role play, literature, and problem solving so kids practice responses in realistic situations.
ANECDOTE

A Letter From A 94-Year-Old Reader

  • A 94-year-old man wrote Marc that Permission to Feel changed his life and wished he'd learned it earlier.
  • The man thanked Marc by saying, "no, Mark, thank you for being my Uncle Marvin."
ANECDOTE

Not Defined By Trauma

  • Marc briefly shares his childhood abuse and frames it as an experience, not an identity.
  • He channels that history into work improving emotional education rather than being defined by it.
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