Emotions

The NT government has committed to rolling out a specialist mental health education framework in all of its schools from next year. Tailored to the needs of territory kids, teachers and principals say it helps support the "emotional wellbeing" of students.

A two-week art project at an Aboriginal school in South Australia's Upper Spencer Gulf helps small learners build a vocabulary around big feelings, while creating murals celebrating their culture.

Gwenda struggled with her dementia diagnosis at first, but now she's looking forward to the future and "living her best life".

Withholding information about a life-threatening diagnosis from affected family members is a common practice in Asian families but can have ethical and legal implications in Western healthcare.

Fear is seen as something that should be avoided, yet should it be? The reality TV show Alone Australia shows us fear is more nuanced and positive than assumed, writes Eric Brymer.

An anger management program for young people is using boxing to help participants with managing their emotions. 

Until a few months ago, Kyle felt desperately lonely. And new Red Cross research shows many Australians feel particularly isolated around Christmas.

Leslie Jamison and Debra Keenahan know what it feels like to encounter those who lack empathy. But they say all is not lost for such people

The former army doctor thought going to war would be an exciting adventure. Instead, he emerged traumatised, angry and desensitised. 

Connecting through music with a world you never knew existed sits powerfully and persistently in the memory, aided by the emotional heft of wanting to love something that the person you love already does. Now some of the songs from my childhood are charting again, writes Virginia Trioli. 

Sad music can make us feel less alone, more validated and, well, anything but sad. Here's what's going on when you crank those melancholy tunes.

Meredith Marra says humour is responsible for many things in the workplace, including power plays and decision making. It's time to take a closer look at this powerful tool.

A global study collected the regrets of thousands of people. The results showed there were five common regrets and most demonstrated the importance of our connections.

An English-language interpreter for the EU was so moved by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to lawmakers overnight that he was audibly emotional.

Research professor Brené Brown has spent a large part of her career looking at shame, which she says has now become an epidemic in society. So how can we better deal with our feelings?

Deportment classes teach posture, poise and presence. They're a master class in how to be a lady, so how relevant are they to young people in today's increasingly informal world?

Study the game of poker and you'll come away with important lessons applicable on and off the table, says amateur player Alex O'Brien. She argues we could all benefit from 'thinking like a poker player'.

Between challenges at home and school, Dakota Smith has struggled to manage her emotions, but she's learning to control them thanks to a dedicated, retired teacher.

Sydney father Daniel Abdallah decided there was no good to come from holding a grudge against the driver who hit and killed four young family members. He says forgiveness is about "setting yourself free".

Many older Australians are deciding against keeping companionship animals despite the wellbeing benefits. Some fear a new pet might outlive them, while others simply don't want the responsibility.

This year will be remembered as a particularly bad one for obvious reasons, but for many people 2020 will be a year they cherish because it changed their lives for the better.

Whether it's the gruelling road out of lockdown or the teetering relationship with China, the more closely we see ourselves as bound together in a common future, the more power we will have to shape it, writes Natasha Moore.

Locklin Worth, whose bicycle was stolen from his driveway, received a valuable lesson in kindness for his birthday from his local community.

The pursuit of happiness is a universal human goal, but it can be elusive — especially during a pandemic. These experts want us to stop placing so much value on the "fleeting emotion", and look at the bigger picture instead.

Thousands of protestors turn out in Newcastle today calling from justice for George Floyd, with hundreds blocking a major intersection in the CBD, lying on their stomachs chanting "I can't breathe".