We’re on an emotional roller-coaster. It’s been a wild ride since March, with a global pandemic, economic upheaval and now ongoing protests over police brutality and systemic racism.

According to a new Gallup Poll, more Americans reported experiencing negative emotions in the first week of June than the last week of May. But the next week, June 8-14, the same emotions of anger, sadness, worry and stress returned to their former levels. Similarly, positive emotions of happiness and enjoyment dipped and went back to where they were...

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