Contents -- 1. What This Book Is About -- I: Portraits of the Individual Emotions -- 2. The Nasty Emotions: Anger, Envy, and Jealousy -- 3. The Existential Emotions: Anxiety-Fright, Guilt, and Shame -- 4. Emotions Provoked by Unfavorable Life Conditions: Relief, Hope, Sadness, and Depression -- 5. Emotions Provoked by Favorable Life Conditions: Happiness, Pride, and Love -- 6. The Empathic Emotions: Gratitude, Compassion, and Those Aroused by Aesthetic Experiences -- II: How to Understand the Emotions -- 7. The Nuts and Bolts of Emotion -- 8. Coping and Self-Management of Emotion -- 9. How Biology and Culture Affect Our Emotional Lives -- 10. The Logic of Our Emotions -- III: Practical Implications -- 11. Stress and Emotion -- 12. Emotions and Our Health -- 13. When Coping Fails-Psychotherapy Offers a Solution -- 14. Final Thoughts -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.