In dermatopathology, we love our diagnostic names! Is it a "nevus with architectural disorder" or "atypical nevus" or "dysplastic nevus" or "Clark nevus"...? Similarly, in emotions research, there are distinct definitions for affect, feeling, emotion, and mood. Dr. David Caruso helps explain the gut feeling in relation to these definitions and to emotional intelligence; he refers to an important paper by Dr. Sigal Barsade. He also touches on the social emotion of shame and how shame, like any other emotion, can be used as a signal in our lives to get to the best decisions we can, or the so-called "wise mind". Dr. David Caruso, PhD, is a management psychologist who develops and conducts emotional intelligence training around the world. He co-authored the Mayer, Salovey, Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test; he co-wrote several books including The Emotionally Intelligent Manager with Dr. Peter Salovey and A Leader’s Guide to Solving Challenges with Emotional Intelligence with Lisa Rees. He is married with 3 children and 4 grandchildren; he was raised Catholic and converted to Judaism. He has been an executive coach to leaders around the world.