Living Fully with All Emotions - Episode 2 of the Adaptive Edge Podcast with Karla McLaren

On this episode of the Adaptive Edge Podcast, developmental psychologist and host Greg Murray interviews award winning author, educator, and social science researcher Karla McLaren.  Her work reveals how we can experience life more deeply and authentically by coming to a new understanding of our emotions.  We discuss many important topics like emotional intelligence, emotions at work, trauma and dissociation, as well as the gifts of individual emotions like anger, anxiety, jealousy, and grief.  We also made sure to talk about concrete exercises that you can start practicing to improve your emotional intelligence right away.  If you enjoy this video, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to our channel!   

Here is a breakdown by topic:

4:14 - The 4 keys to emotional genius  

13:59 - How to recognize emotional nuance and social control   

20:29 - All about anxiety   

24:59 - The gifts of jealousy   

27:26 - When positivity and avoiding conflict becomes toxic  

32:09  - Karla's new book, The Power of Emotions at Work  

45:21 - 4 Exercises that help in building emotional awareness  

59:46 - Dissociation, trauma, and emotion