It is part of a strong positive emotional state in which we can treat others with respect while still setting appropriate limits on how others behave around us. (corwin-connect.com)
But now, he says, we understand that supporting positive emotional states is equally important to creating [what he quotes a colleague as calling] a «background state of well - being.» (developmentalscience.com)
and how systemic family therapy practice can influence the development of positive emotional states that enhance motivation for change; and how all of this for better and for worse impacts on mind and brain, and vice versa. (integratedfamilytherapy.com)