Sadness is an emotion we often associate with breakups, job loss, or death. But it doesn’t only appear when catastrophe strikes. As psychotherapists and parent educators, we know sadness is also a ...

Sometimes, without a clear reason, sadness just shows up. There's no specific cause, no recent argument or obvious painful event, yet there it is: a feeling of emptiness, the urge to cry, or deep ...

Are you afraid of being sad? Do you studiously avoid feeling sad? Have you managed to outrun sadness for years, only to be overtaken by something so sad you cannot ignore it? Ideally, we learn to feel ...