My recent book, Making Sense of Emotion, views emotional intelligence as "emotional literacy." This perspective on emotional intelligence suggests a new theoretical framework that breaks down ...

Historically, emotions have been viewed as irrational, unstable or primitive—hardly the stuff of sound decision-making. Enlightenment thinkers like Descartes and Kant privileged reason as the highest ...

Making Sense of Emotion attempts clarification. The approach contrasts with conventionally established views that emphasize emotional regulation, often neglecting the steps to make emotion's ...