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Feelings and emotions

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How you feel

These programmes will help you talk about how you feel

Easy English about you and your feelings

Three phrasal verbs to say how you feel

Learn phrasal verbs to talk about feelings

Are you bored or boring?

Idioms about feelings

Learn idioms to talk about feelings

What tugs at your heartstrings?

What leaves you shook?

What makes your hair stand on end?

What does it mean to take something to heart?

Real-life conversations

Real life conversations about feelings

What makes you angry?

When did you last cry?

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How to take control of your emotions

What can magic teach us about the brain

Mental health in the news

Learn language about mental health from news stories

7000 steps to reduce depression

Burnout: Jacinda Ardern resigns

Shift work linked to depression

Dogs: Happy tears?

Happiness

Learn English to talk about happiness

Concepts of happiness

Easy English to talk about happiness

Free flowers to bring happiness

What is the key to happiness?

Mental health and work

Learn English to talk about how work makes you feel

Are you unhappy at work?

Mental health in the workplace

Sadness

Learn English to talk about sadness

How names can tell painful stories

Can music mend a broken heart?

Why do people like sad music?

The White Elephant: Sad

Mental health

Learn English to talk about mental health

Social media and teenage health

Using Buddy Benches to improve mental health

Dancing for the brain

Can anxiety be a good thing?

Loneliness

Learn English to talk about loneliness

alone vs lonely

6 Minute English: Loneliness

Are you lonely in a crowd?

Fighting loneliness with soup