The Emotion Wheel

Identifying our emotions

I wanted to share one of my favourite tools with you to help label/identify your emotions. Most of us were not taught an emotional language growing up, in fact, most adults can only identify 3 emotions - glad, mad, or sad. 

So, as we begin to expand our emotional vocabulary, please refer to this emotion wheel and try to dive a bit deeper into those undercurrents of your heart. It will help you to move through them more easily going forward. 

 I also wanted to share the 'How We Feel' app created by scientists, designers, engineers, and psychologists at Yale University. It helps you to build your emotional vocabulary and your emotional regulation muscles by providing you with simple strategies you can practice in the moment. As well, you may want to check out (if you haven't already) Brené's podcast episode with Dr. Marc Brackett, the creator of this app, inspired by his book entitled 'Permission To Feel'.