Here’s food for thought: What part of the brain controls emotions?

Granted, it’s not a question that comes up in everyday conversations. And chances are, you’ve come across it in your high school biology class. So let’s dust off that memory and get curious again: what part of the brain actually controls emotions? 

Because when you know where your feelings come from, you stop treating them like wild animals that need taming. Instead, you start seeing them as messengers with instructions for...