About CEB

In March of 2000, the Dalai Lama held a meeting with leading emotion scientists and scholars at the Mind and Life Institute in Dharamsala, India to address the pervasive challenge of destructive emotions in daily life. Discussions included the psychobiology of destructive emotions, cultural and developmental neuroplasticity and its relevance for modern education. Insights from this meeting highlighted the intersection of mindfulness and emotion science, and are documented in Daniel Goleman's book, Destructive Emotions.

CEB History

At the request of the Dalai Lama Dr. Paul Ekman and Dr. Alan Wallace, with input from other prominent researchers, laid the groundwork for the initial CEB curriculum. Later discussions involving Dr. Mark Greenberg, Dr. Richard Davidson, and Dr. Eve Ekman further shaped the development of what is now CEB training, emphasizing its core principles of understanding and managing emotions through a compassionate and mindful approach.

Universal Emotions

Emotions are complex psychological and physical phenomena that influence our behavior, thinking, and social interactions. Scientific research has found that regardless of age, culture or life circumstances, all human beings experience five Universal Emotions. In CEB, we explore these emotions, learning their evolutionary purpose and the difficulties we encounter when powerful emotions are triggered. CEB provides evidence based tools for dealing with difficult emotions without suppressing or repressing the emotional experience.

Emotional Episode Timeline

Emotions unfold on a timeline that begins with a trigger that initiates an emotional experience and ultimately results in a response. In CEB we explore each aspect of the Emotional Episode Timeline, both conceptually and experientially. In CEB you will gain an understanding of your unique connection to emotional episodes, improve your emotional awareness and learn constructive ways to engage with your own (and others') emotional episodes.

Stress Reduction

Emotions are a stress response and mindfulness practice can help reduce the intensity of stress responses. In addition to the emotion science, CEB offers research based mindfulness practices as an integral part of the training. Mindfulness also improves interoception, which is our ability to sense internal signals in the body. Improving interoception is a required skill for developing emotional awareness and emotional balance.

Emotional Balance

Emotional balance is defined as having awareness of our own (and others’) emotional experiences, behaviors, and triggers when they happen. And with this awareness, taking constructive actions while fully engaging with the emotional experience. The contemplative and psychological tools taught in CEB will help you gain balance in your emotional experiences and responses.

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CEB Course Modules

Introduction

Course Overview and Expectations
Learning Outcomes
Mind Body Awareness
Introduction to CEB Exercises

Universal Emotions

The majority of emotion researchers throughout the world agree on these five Universal Emotions: Fear, Anger, Sadness, Disgust and Enjoyment. Emotions that all humans beings have in common, no matter where they are from or how they were raised.

Emotional Episodes

Our emotions unfold on a timeline. It begins with a trigger that initiates an emotional experience and ultimately results in a response. Usually occurring in less than one second. Developing awareness if this process is one of the keys to emotional balance

Fear

All living things have a some kind of threat detection system, even living cells. Fear of danger helps us anticipate threats to our safety. For human beings the danger can be actual, imagined, anticipated, unexpected or misperceived.

Sadness

Sadness is a response to loss and it often elicits the need for comfort and connection. Sadness is the longest lasting emotion, and it is the closest to a mood. Sometimes sadness can persist for a long time.

Anger

We get angry when something blocks us or when we think we're being treated unfairly. Anger can establish a boundary. Research is unclear about whether the wish to harm is built into anger, or if it is something we learn, but we know it is often part of the anger process and can lead to harm that we later regret.

Disgust

The disgust response appears at around age four. We learn that the target of disgust is to be kept away from, it is unclean, dirty or socially/morally reprehensible. Feeling disgusted when we encounter something toxic helps us avoid being poisoned, physically or socially.

Enjoyment

Enjoyment describes the many good feelings that arise from life experiences both new and familiar. From an evolutionary perspective, enjoyable emotions encourage us to participate in activities that are necessary for the survival.

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