Pushkin I couldn't have said it or sang it any better myself This episode is brought to you by the letter F,
and that's because we're talking about feelings, big feelings.
There's a whole spectrum of big feelings that we can experience, things like anticipation,
wonder, and joy, and also anger, sadness, and fear.
Right now, for example, I'm feeling very excited about our special guest.
Big Bird, are you excited too?
Well, not so much right now.
Hmm, sounds like Big Bird may be having some big feelings too.
And not the fun ones.
Yeah.
When negative emotions come up, our instinct is often to run away from them,
or just stuff them down and pretend we're feeling a-okay.
But we can't wish all our tough emotional weather away.
And the science shows we probably shouldn't want to,
because our not-so-nice feelings are there to teach us important lessons,
if we're smart enough to listen.
But listening to our big feelings doesn't have to mean suffering while we go through them.
There are lots of ways to cope with difficult emotions.
ones that work well whether we're an adult, a kid, or a very bummed out, big yellow bird.
Our minds are constantly telling us what to do to be happy.