Not everything we feel is good for us. And that is precisely where La Trampa de la Emoción (The Emotion Trap) comes in — an essay that aims to shake up certain ideas we have accepted as true for far too long.
In its pages, Núria Martín Muyo focuses on a phenomenon we have all normalized: the constant invitation to “feel more and think less.” Her argument is both clear and provocative: when we turn emotion into our only compass, we lose our capacity for analysis, decision-making, and ultimately, freedom. Because no, not everything we feel is true. And not everything that moves us emotionally is good for us.
Drawing on neuroscience, the book explains how our brain actually works when we allow emotion to take control without the filter of reason. The prefrontal cortex — essential for planning, critical thinking, and impulse control — becomes weakened, making us more vulnerable to manipulation, external noise, and decisions that do not always serve our best interests.
But what makes The Emotion Trap interesting is not only what it questions, but also what it proposes: restoring balance between feeling and thinking. Returning to a place where emotion does not disappear, but neither does it take over everything. A place where we can observe what we feel without automatically turning it into a command.
Núria Martín Muyo’s background supports this approach. Trained as an engineer, with more than a decade of research in neuroscience and applied psychobiology, she has developed a perspective that combines rigor with practical application. She writes from experience working with real people, teams, and processes, where understanding how we think and feel makes all the difference.
If you are interested in understanding why you react the way you do, why you sometimes make decisions against your own interests, or how to regain clarity amid emotional noise, this book deserves a place on your summer reading list. Because thinking is also a form of self-care — and perhaps one of the most urgent ones right now.
