Raise Of the 272 Emotions, Most Parents Only Know 12 (w/ D. Earl Johnston)

What if most of what your kids are learning about emotions isn't coming from what you say — it's coming from what they watch you do? In this first episode of our new Raise series, we explore Doug Earl Johnston's groundbreaking book Choosing Emotions — now the single most comprehensive reference on human emotions in the English language — and what it means to parent as someone who chooses their responses rather than defaulting to them. Doug walks us through why the average adult operates with a vocabulary of 8-12 emotions when hundreds exist, and how precision with language is the key to naming — and taming — the feelings that derail us. The key takeaway: the vocabulary we give our kids now is the vocabulary they'll reach for when life gets hard. 👉🏼 Get the full Listener's Guide here ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club 👋 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Raise Of the 272 Emotions, Most Parents Only Know 12 (w/ D. Earl Johnston) is an episode from Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings.

This episode is 00:49:41 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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