What are emotions? Emotions, often called feelings, include experiences such as love, hate, anger, trust, joy, panic, fear, and grief. Emotions are related to, but different from, mood. Emotions are specific reactions to a particular event that are usually of fairly short duration. Mood is a more general feeling such as happiness, sadness, frustration, contentment, or anxiety that lasts for a longer time. Although everyone experiences emotions, scientists do not all agree on what emotions are or how they should…
Discover the intriguing difference between self-esteem and confidence
December 19, 2021People tend to use the words self-esteem and confidence interchangeably. However, while the two are related, they are not exactly the same. It’s important to know the difference between self-esteem and confidence in order to develop both. Just about everyone struggles with low self-esteem or a lack of confidence at some point in their lives. In this article, I’ll aim to deepen your understanding of the differences between self-esteem and self-confidence. What is Self-Esteem? Self-esteem boils down to your opinion…
The truth about the emotions Empathy vs Compassion will surprise you!
November 28, 2021What is compassion? Compassion is the heartfelt wish to help others become free of their suffering. In Buddhist teachings on the Four Immeasurable qualities, compassion is the wish that everyone be relieved of suffering and the causes of suffering. Its twin sister, lovingkindness, is the wish to see everybody happy and endowed with the causes of happiness. And, of course, these two—lovingkindness and compassion—cannot be separated. The English word “compassion” comes from the Latin word compati, which means “to suffer…