Jaak Panksepp
Anger and Rage Protocols: The Sacred Fire That Protects
Every wellness culture has its shadow, and in the contemporary mindfulness world, that shadow is the demonization of anger. "Let it go." "Choose peace." "Rise above." These phrases, repeated often enough, create a dangerous inversion: the person learns to suppress one of the most essential...
Emotional Regulation Mastery: From Neuroscience to Practice
Jaak Panksepp spent his career doing something most neuroscientists considered scientifically taboo: he studied emotions in animals. The Estonian-American neuroscientist, working at Bowling Green State University and later at Washington State University, argued that emotions are not uniquely...
The Neuroscience of Grief
Grief is among the most disruptive neurobiological events a human being can experience. Far from being merely an emotional reaction, bereavement activates and reorganizes neural circuits spanning the prefrontal cortex, limbic system, brainstem autonomic centers, and reward pathways.