It was long ago that Roman poet Catullus (84-54BC) said, "We hate and we love, can one tell me why?" Have you ever wondered . . . Why You Feel the Way You Do?

Now is the time for you to discover what's hiding behind the negative emotions, unhealthy response patterns and distorted thinking that keeps many from living a happier and more fulfilling life. Why You Feel the Way You Do takes you on a journey beyond your personality, your DNA, and your family upbringing, to pinpoint critical issues and self-destructive thought patterns that influence your well-being, followed by practical tools for managing negative emotions in a healthier way.

? Learn about the emotional circuits we share with our pets.
? Discover ways to quiet destructive emotional triggers.
? Understand the role of guilt/shame and ways to manage them.
? Reduce the negative effects of social media and devices.
? Identify common destructive response patterns and learn how to change them.
. . . plus much more!

In Why You Feel the Way You Do, author Reneau Z. Peurifoy helps you emerge from those nagging, unhealthy emotional barriers, while providing practical ways to experience more joy in your daily life. Moving beyond emotional problems, Peurifoy also explores what positive psychology has recently learned about the three most important emotional factors that impact personal happiness.

"Emotions have been affecting people since the beginning of time, as well as our never-ending need to understand them. As a result, the mental health profession has focused on behavior and developing theories based only on observation. It's like trying to understand a car by watching someone drive it. The question of what propels it will remain a mystery. WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO is different in that it approaches emotions using the insights that have emerged from the relatively new field of neuroscience. Over the past few decades, neuroscience has identified the seven core emotional systems in the brain that generate emotions. It has also begun to unravel how this primitive part of the brain interacts with the highly developed rational part of the brain. This approach is like looking under the hood and taking the engine apart in order to understand what propels a car. This timely and informative book starts by explaining what neuroscience has discovered about emotions. It then uses this information to show how common problems with emotions emerge along with ways to heal them. Of particular help is the concept called 'core beliefs' that helps the reader identify fundamental patterns. Of special interest, this book looks at the destructive emotions of guilt and shame along with ways to manage them, and how social media and electronic devices can affect emotional development. One of author Reneau Peurifoy's special talents is his ability to reduce complex ideas into simple terms and explain how to apply them to daily life. In addition, his warmth and comfortable manner generate a strong rapport with readers. He is an author who is recognized internationally for his work with Anxiety Disorders. His books have sold over 300,000 copies and include three that were written for the mass market: Anxiety, Phobias & Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear, Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recovery, and Anger: Taming the Beast. In 2016, Why Did God Give Us Emotions"--