Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want

Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want by Marc Brackett, PhD

Emotional maturity is what enables us to move from reactivity to reflection. Marc Brackett’s new book, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want, is a powerful guide for anyone who wants to improve their emotional regulation skills.

Brackett, who you may recognize from his earlier work Permission to Feel, has spent decades studying emotions and how they shape our lives. In Dealing with Feeling, he helps readers learn not just how to recognize their emotions but how to use them as information to create meaningful change. His exercises, reflections, and real-world examples make emotional regulation feel accessible and practical. Reading this book alongside our ongoing work at Calling Home this month will help you build a more emotionally honest and mature relationship with yourself and others.