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Yesterday we explored broadening our emotional vocabulary so we have a wider range of choices when it comes to noticing and labelling our emotions. This is a building block of self awareness and also helps us share how our experiences with others. Sharing your emotions not only helps release some of your tension, it can …
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So far during February we have started to look at how we can develop our emotional self awareness, covering what emotions are, how to spot and name them, and observe them with kindness and distance. We took a deeper look at the primary universal emotions: sadness, happiness, surprise, disgust, fear, and anger. Emotions influence our …
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This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Anger - helping us deal with obstacles Anger is a primary emotion that arises when we perceive that someone or something is in our way and preventing us from achieving our goals. We may also …
This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Fear - helping us cope with danger Fear is a primary emotion that arises when we perceive something that might harm us. This can be real or imagined, and covers physical, emotional and psychological threats. …
This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Disgust - aversion from potential pollutants Disgust is the primary emotion that indicates when we perceive something offensive. On an evolutionary level, disgust repels us from things that might harm us - such as rotten …
This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Surprise - a source of innovation Surprise is the briefest of the primary emotions, and comes when something unexpected happens. It can be pleasant, unpleasant or neutral depending on the context and can vary in …
This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Happiness - the natural motivator Happiness or enjoyment is maybe the most positive of all the emotions we experience. It tends to be triggered when we gain something of value to us, or when we …
This week I’m going to take a deeper look at some of the primary emotions and how they serve us. Sadness - one of the universal emotions 🧡 Sadness is something we all experience - usually associated with a perception of losing something or someone that is important to us. It’s a way of signalling …
Throughout February we will explore our emotions: what they are, how they serve us, and how we can improve our ability to respond to them in a helpful way. Last week we discussed how emotions are data giving us clues about things that matter to us. And we started to explore how to recognise your …
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