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Understanding Emotions: Insights from Dr. Lisa Feldman BarrettIn our last conversation with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett [Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1] a couple of weeks ago we looked at her theory of where emotions originate. This has important implications for things like:How our 'body budgets' affect our feelingsHow we make meaning from our feelings so our internal experience makes senseThat we don't always understand other people's feelings very well!The introduction to the theory plus the conversation plus the take-home messages would have made for an unwieldy episode, so I split it in half. Today we conclude the conversation with Dr. Barrett and I also offer some thoughts about things I think are really important from across the two episodes, including:What we can do with the information our feelings give usHow long we should support children in feeling their feelings (given that they don't always mean what we think they mean!) and when we should help them move onSome tools we c