INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Using emotion-regulation skills can reduce mood swings. Regulating your emotions is about learning to change the situation you are in or the emotion you are having.  One way to regulate your emotions is to use positive self-talk. For example, if you are feeling very sad you can tell yourself, "It's going to be okay. I'm sad right now but I can get through this." You may find that using positive self-talk can help to reduce whatever negative emotion you are experiencing. Sometimes you can’t stop your emotions even if you want to. If you feel emotional, but are in a bad environment to express yourself – change your environment if you can. Perhaps go to your car, the bathroom, or somewhere else that you can be alone. If you give yourself a few minutes to let some emotions out (i.e through being tearful), you may feel better and be able to go back to your day. This is one helpful way you can regulate your emotions, by letting a little bit out at at time. One way to cope with negative emotions is to postpone dealing with your feelings in order to continue being productive or until you can get to a safe place to express them. This is a helpful technique because not all places are appropriate to express certain emotions. For example, you wouldn’t necessarily want to let out your anger or tears in a crowded office building with your coworkers present. This could lead to negative occupational consequences.   Distracting yourself is a great way to postpone dealing with a particular emotion. A good distraction technique is to focus on your responsibilities or work projects. You can also tell yourself, "I know I have some emotions to deal with, but I need to focus right now." Set a time to stress out or deal with the negative emotion. For example, literally write into your schedule "emotional time" from 6 - 6:30 pm. This way you are planning to healthfully express your emotions at a later moment. Avoid completely detaching from your emotions because this can be dangerous and can lead to lack of empathy and crimes or violence against others.  If you feel numb or emotionless, contact a mental health professional for assistance. Anger management is about dealing with your anger before it blows up and becomes a rage. The anger escalation model is a helpful idea that shows how your anger can slowly increase throughout the day. If you don’t notice it and cope with it appropriately, it can end up building until it finally blows up and you end up yelling or doing another aggressive action.  Accept that anger is a normal emotion and it is okay to feel sometimes. Many things can make us angry. It’s what we do with our anger that makes the difference. Good ways to cope with and release anger are: talking to a friend, hitting a pillow (or another soft object that won’t cause harm), screaming into a pillow, exercising, and boxing (safely). The personal meaning you give your emotions can either increase or decrease your mood swings. This is because your thoughts directly influence your feelings and behaviors. Thus, your beliefs about emotions can directly influence your mood swings.   Look at your feelings as information instead of thinking of them as terrible things that you need to avoid. Think, "I am feeling a strong emotion. I can try to understand what it means and how I can cope with it." Use your wise mind by analyzing and questioning your thoughts and emotions logically. Ask yourself questions such as:  What am I thinking and feeling? What are the words that my mind is saying? Are the thoughts descriptions or evaluations? Accurate or inaccurate? Helpful or unhelpful? Is this thought fact or opinion? Where is my focus of attention? What can I do to cope? Ironically, the more you try to control or fix your emotions, the more mood swings you might have.  Sometimes you may want to control your emotions because they are painful and difficult to deal with.  Counterproductive attempts at control are classified as either ascent behaviors (increasing activation), or descent behaviors (decreasing activation).

SUMMARY: Regulate your emotions. Postpone the emotion. Manage your anger. Change the way you interpret your emotions. Give up control and accept your emotions.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Most job ads will include direct instructions on how to apply. For example, near the bottom of some job postings, it will say "Apply to the attention of...” and then give a name. If the hiring manager’s name is not available in the ad, check the company’s website. Tracking down a name will make your letter more personal, which stands out in the applicant pile. It also shows your willingness to do research, a good sign for a future employer.  While the advertisement may not have a direct name, it will have some contact information, perhaps an email address or phone number. Use those when searching the company directory to see whose name comes up, and address your letter to that person. Many companies will list hiring managers and department heads on their website. If you have a specific name to search for, but no contact information, examine the way the company lays out its email addresses. Most businesses will use a set convention, such as firstname.lastname@business.com. Searching for a specific address written in the company’s preferred style will likely turn up additional information you need. Finding addresses like this can also be a method for cold-contacting managers higher in the company. This can be a good way to build connections, but will be less helpful if you try asking directly for a job. If searching for an email or phone number doesn’t turn up a specific name, look for the person you would be reporting to, a manager or department head. Chances are you won’t be approaching this company blindly. You will be able to get some information about the business and its employees through a variety of additional means beyond the business itself.  If you are applying on the recommendation of someone else, ask that person who will be handling your letter. Track down people in the business through a social site like LinkedIn. You can search the site for people with particular titles or positions within the company used its advanced search functions. A site like LinkedIn also allows you to ask your connections to introduce you to their connections. This is helpful if they know people in the company you are applying to, especially if it is the hiring manager. Send the person a note asking for the introduction, making sure to include why you want the introduction. If the name is not available in the advertisement, and you cannot get anything from a company directory, call the company directly. When you talk to someone there, be sure to ask directly for the name of the person to whom you should be addressing your letter. Make sure you know the title of the position you are applying for, and any other information like a search number, to help the person on the other end get the right name. However you find the hiring manager’s name, make sure you also find out any titles he or she uses. You need this to address your letter properly, and you don’t want to refer to a “he” as a “she.” Take note of special titles like “Dr.” or “Your Honor” (for a judge), or political titles like “Senator” or “Assemblymen.”
Summary: Read the job advertisement. Search the company’s website. Use your network connections. Call the company. Look for titles.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You want to learn just as much, or more, about pregnancy and giving birth as your partner. Many hospitals offer birthing classes to new moms, and usually a partner is required for learning breathing techniques and birthing positions. You are needed as a partner for these learning exercises so that you will be prepared when your wife or girlfriend is in labor. Reading books about pregnancy shows your wife or girlfriend that you care about what she is going through. This helps her to feel confident and secure. These books can also give you tips on how to make the pregnancy more enjoyable for her.  You can find pregnancy books online and in book stores, as well as by checking them out from the library. Most pregnancy books and articles recommend that you and your partner have a plan for getting to the hospital in place long before labor starts. This is so that if there is an emergency, you aren’t having to think of all the details and risk a car accident or having the baby before you get there.  Study road maps to find the shortest route. Study alternate routes to find the fastest one in case there is traffic.

SUMMARY:
Go to birthing classes. Read pregnancy books. Learn the fastest route to the hospital.