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You have more control over your emotions than you think

You have more control over your emotions than you think toggle caption woocat/Getty Images/iStockphoto Let's say you've gone through a breakup. You have the power to "turn the intensity up or down on an emotional response" in a way that's useful to you, says psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross, author of a new book published this week, Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don't Manage You. toggle caption Left: Mike Blaba; Right: Crown The idea of shifting your emotions around goes against the common wisdom that confronting your feelings in the moment is the only way to let them go. But if you find you're trying to work through the problem and not making much progress — you're turning it over again and again and it's not making you feel the way you want to feel — that can be a cue for you to take some time away and come back later.

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