Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett - Paperback - Adult Non Fiction Emotional Intelligence & Psychology - Yale RULER Method Self-Help Book

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781787478817 Publisher: Quercus Overview: Permission to Feel is Marc Brackett's guide to emotional intelligence, built on 25 years of research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Brackett introduces his RULER method, a five-step framework for recognising, understanding, labelling, expressing, and regulating emotions. Written for parents, teachers, and anyone wanting to understand their own feelings better, this paperback blends hard science with a personal story, offering practical tools that change how families communicate, cope with stress, and support one another. About the Book: In Permission to Feel, Marc Brackett draws on his own childhood experience of bullying and emotional neglect to explain why so many of us grow up unable to name or manage what we feel. He argues that emotional skills are learnable, not innate gifts, and that wellbeing depends on developing them properly. The book traces Brackett's path from a struggling, unseen child to a leading emotion scientist, framing the RULER approach he developed at Yale. Each stage is explored, showing how recognising emotional cues, understanding their causes, finding accurate language to label them, expressing them appropriately, and regulating our responses can transform relationships at home, school, and work. Brackett backs every strategy with research evidence while keeping the tone warm and free of jargon. Readers will find guidance on handling a child's meltdown, navigating conflict with a partner, managing workplace pressure, and creating a home or classroom culture where feelings are treated as useful information rather than disruptions. The book does not shy away from difficult statistics about mental health, but counters them with a clear, actionable blueprint rather than vague reassurance. It is as much a call to rethink how society treats emotions as it is a practical manual for change. Key Benefits: Introduces the Yale-developed RULER method