Life can have all sorts of twists and turns. We all had days where everything seemed to be falling apart. For some of us, it’s work where our boss's management style pushes us to the edge. During a team meeting, your colleague takes credit for the ideas you were discussing, and you find yourself exploding in frustration. Or you might be fine and believe you can handle it, except for the spike of high blood pressure or debilitating migraines.

For others, family gatherings can turn into minefields of unsolicited opinions about your choices, while your partner's habit of leaving dirty socks or dishes becomes the catalyst for heated arguments night after night.

Or, perhaps coming home from work you cook dinner, manage a cranky toddler, and once your partner comes you say something, he replies, and it blows out of proportion. And that happens way too often. Now you think if there is something wrong with you or him.

In all these scenarios, emotions lurk beneath the surface, triggered by something trivial. But without the tools to recognize and manage these emotions, you may find yourself stuck in a cycle of intense reactions without understanding their root causes. Interested?