Dr. Marc Brackett
2025-08-28
Intelligence & Cognition

Dealing with Feelings w/ Dr. Marc Brackett

This week, Scott sits down with Dr. Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of Dealing with Feelings: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want. Together, they explore why so many of us struggle to manage our emotions and what we can do about it. Dr. Brackett explains the importance of co-regulation, self-compassion, and learning to work with our feelings rather than against them. As he reminds us, nearly every experience in our lives—good or bad—is shaped by how we respond emotionally. This conversation is full of practical wisdom and science-backed tools to help you better understand your inner world and harness the power of emotions for growth, resilience, and joy.

About the guest

Dr. Marc Brackett

Podcast Guest

Dr. Marc Brackett is an American psychologist, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and a professor in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine. He is the lead developer of the RULER approach to social and emotional learning and the author of Permission to Feel.

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