How to Better Regulate Your Emotions | Dr. Marc Brackett
Huberman Lab
Scicomm Media
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 148 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people think emotion regulation is getting rid of a feeling. It's not what it is. It's just having another relationship to it. I've had anxiety or live with it for a lot of my life, but sometimes I just say hello to it. It's like, hey, how are you doing today? And it goes away pretty quickly. Or it just sits there. I think that's the other thing about emotion regulation |
| 0:21.0 | that people kind of misunderstand. |
| 0:22.7 | They think it's like, |
| 0:36.3 | I've got to check in with how I'm feeling all day long and then regulate. Check and regulate. Like, you become psychotic if you did that all day long. Most of the time, our emotions are in the background. You know, like, if you thought about your feelings all day long, you wouldn't be able to do this podcast. |
| 0:38.1 | Like, that's unproductive. |
| 0:38.1 | Emotions matter when there's a shift in our environment. thought about your feelings all day long, you wouldn't be able to do this podcast. Like, that's unproductive. |
| 0:42.5 | Emotions matter when there's a shift in our environment or the relationships. |
| 0:46.6 | You know, if you said something that offended me, boom, I'm activated. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm feeling angry or kind of shocked. |
| 0:51.4 | Then I have to make a choice in that moment. |
| 0:52.5 | Like, how do I manage it? |
| 0:54.2 | That's where the magic happens. |
| 1:00.3 | Welcome to the Huberman Lab podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. My guest today is Dr. Mark Brackett. |
| 1:11.6 | Dr. Mark Brackett is a professor of psychology at Yale University, |
| 1:15.6 | where he is also the director of Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence. |
| 1:19.6 | He is an expert in the science of emotions |
| 1:21.6 | and how to apply that to improve communication and relationships |
| 1:24.6 | and performance in school and work. |
| 1:28.0 | One common problem around discussions |
| 1:29.7 | of emotions and emotional intelligence |
| 1:31.9 | is that they are often vague and frankly somewhat soft and cliche. |
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