209: The Science of Managing Emotions with Author Ethan Kross

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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“Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting” is the essential podcast for parents seeking expert guidance, tested strategies, and psychological insights on raising kids, especially tweens and teens. Join renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour and former journalist and mom of two Reena Ninan as they explore real-life parenting challenges. Looking to learn more about how to boost kids’ resilience, build their confidence, or support their emotional well-being? Dr. Lisa and Reena have got you covered! Together they address listener questions about stress, anxiety, social media concerns, school pressures, and challenges in peer relationships. Each episode provides practical advice and science-backed solutions to help parents raise resilient, confident, and emotionally healthy kids. Tune in every week for the latest topics in parenting, child psychology, and family wellness. Get answers to your most pressing parenting questions. New episodes drop every Tuesday. ________________ Dr. Lisa and Reena are joined by psychologist Dr. Ethan Kross, author of the book "Shift: Managing Your Emotions - So They Don't Manage You," to discuss practical, science-backed strategies to help parents and children alike navigate the ups and downs of emotional life. Kross shares fascinating insights from his research on the power of "emotional shifters" - concrete tools we can use to turn the volume up or down on our feelings. Parents will learn how to leverage sensory experiences, mental time travel, and even music to help their kids (and themselves) regain control when emotions run high. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom that just might transform how your family manages life's inevitable emotional curveballs. Find Dr. Ethan’s book here: https://www.ethankross.com/books/shift Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com ________________ Episode Keywords: dr ethan kross, shift, emotional management, emotion regulation, parenting emotions, managing feelings, emotional control Show Keywords: ask lisa podcast, dr lisa damour, reena ninan, psychology, parenting, podcast, teens, tweens, parenting teens, parenting tweens, teen parenting, tween parenting, parenting tips, parenting advice, positive parenting, parenting podcast, teen behavior, tween challenges, raising tweens, raising teens, parenting hacks, parenting help, family dynamics, kids podcast, mental health, teen mental health, attachment styles, emotional intelligence

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0:00.0	Tell me a parenting issue everyone struggles with, with tweens and teens, but no one talks about.
0:06.9	Rina, I think a lot of people feel like they just don't know how to connect to their kid anymore.
0:12.3	I'm Rina Ninen and welcome to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:18.7	And I'm Dr. Lisa D'Amour.
0:20.3	We bring you science-back strategies for managing anxiety, discipline, intense emotions, and more.
0:26.6	We decode tough parenting challenges with tips that you can use right now.
0:32.0	So subscribe to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast, and join our YouTube community today.
0:38.1	We're here to help you untangle family life.
0:43.4	Episode 209, The Science of Managing Emotions with author Ethan Cross.
0:54.1	You've been excited, Lisa, about this new guest that we're having on today, an author who is a friend of yours and has a new book about emotions.
1:02.9	I am so excited. And we will talk more with our wonderful guest when he joins us. But let me just say, there are a lot of books out there
1:11.1	about emotions. There are very few that are excellent. And I can tell you, the book we're going to
1:17.7	talk about today is really a remarkable contribution. And I am so, so glad that it is available
1:25.2	to people now. You are really psyched about it. When you read the book,
1:28.2	there's so much research that I think parents will really love, but research that's accessible
1:32.0	and easy to understand. So let me introduce Ethan, Dr. Ethan Cross. My mom gets very upset when I don't
1:37.5	say doctor in front of people's names. She says, they work very hard to get that title.
1:41.4	Ethan's the author of the International Bestseller Chatter and his new book,
1:45.2	Just Out in February, Shift. He's one of the world's leading experts on emotional regulation
1:50.0	and award-winning professor in the University of Michigan's top-ranked psychology department,
1:55.1	and also it's Ross School of Business. He's the director of the emotion and self-control laboratory. Maybe we'll
2:02.4	get a chance to visit that laboratory one day. I'd love to see what goes on there. But the book is
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