Unlike the other BIG FIVE EMOTIONS, GLAD does not indicate a need we have. Instead, feeling GLAD tells us when a need is met, and the best way to respond is by CELEBRATING that and paying it forward.

Emotions indicate our needs, and SADNESS is no different. Though we feel sad about different things, the emotion tells us that something MATTERS to us. Something or someone we love is no longer present. Learn more about feeling SAD and what it means to experience this emotion.

Usually, ANGER and GUILT are thought of as bad emotions. But in reality (and when practiced healthily), these emotions can strengthen relationships and bring people closer through RESPONSIBILITY and REPAIR.

Emotions can tell us a lot about our NEEDS and how we can go about meeting them - either ourselves, through others, for others. Learn more about the meaning of the BIG FIVE emotions of MAD, SAD, GLAD, SCARED, and NUMB.

Contrary to popular opinion, pride and shame are not opposites but rather one and the same. Read more about how pride and shame operate and find the antidote to both.