Success isn’t just about talent or intelligence – it’s about how we handle our emotions.

Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, says emotional regulation is a skill, one that can be taught and practiced like any other.

This hour, he joins us to talk about why our feelings matter, what happens when we ignore them, and how adults can get better at managing them.

We’ll also hear how schools across Connecticut are helping kids build emotional intelligence from a young age.
Marc Brackett: Ph.D., founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, author of “Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want.” 

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This episode originally aired on December 1, 2025.

Success isn&rsquo;t just about talent or intelligence &ndash; it&rsquo;s about how we handle our emotions.
Marc Brackett, founding director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/services/community-and-schools-programs/center-for-emotional-intelligence/">Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence</a>, says emotional regulation is a skill, one that can be taught and practiced like any other.
This hour, he joins us to talk about why our feelings matter, what happens when we ignore them, and how adults can get better at managing them.
We&rsquo;ll also hear how schools across Connecticut are helping kids build emotional intelligence from a young age.
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<li><a href="https://marcbrackett.com/">Marc Brackett:</a>&nbsp;Ph.D., founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, author of &ldquo;<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dealing-with-feeling-use-your-emotions-to-create-the-life-you-want-marc-brackett-ph-d/58ac4000dce3fe5d?ean=9781250329592&amp;next=t">Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want.&rdquo;</a>&nbsp;</li>
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This episode originally aired on <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2025-12-01/yales-marc-brackett-on-the-life-changing-skill-of-emotional-regulation">December 1, 2025.</a>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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