Expanding your emotional vocabulary helps you gain a deeper understanding of your own feelings and reactions, and to express your feelings more accurately to others. The Emotional Deck is ideal for helping teens, families and yourself to expand your emotional fluency in order to live a more fulfilling life.
The Deck includes 100+ emotions that are intended to be the basis for expanding your emotional vocabulary.
The goal is to become more emotionally fluent, where you have the ability to recognize, accurately identify, understand, and more readily express emotions.
1. Noticing emotions as they arise instead of being overwhelmed by them
2. Labeling feelings with accuracy (expanding beyond “good” or “bad”)
3. Expressing emotions in ways that others can understand
4. Reducing reactivity and increase choice in how to respond
5. Building deeper self-awareness and stronger relationships
EMOTIONAL FLUENCY is a valuable skill in both personal and professional contexts. It can lead to improved relationships, effective communication, better conflict resolution, and overall psychological well-being
Developing emotional fluency requires self-awareness, practice, and a willingness to engage with your own emotions and the emotions of those around you.
Remember that emotions are complex and can change throughout the day. It’s normal to experience a range of emotions, and it’s essential to be patient and kind to yourself as you work on identifying and understanding them. Developing emotional awareness takes time and practice.
Emotions can be triggered by various factors, including personal experiences, relationships, events, and even biological processes. They can be both positive and negative, and they often serve as signals that provide insight into our needs, desires, and reactions to the world around us.
Ultimately, the raw and emotional nature of life is what makes it so deeply human and full of opportunities for growth, empathy, and connection with others. Embracing and honoring our emotions is a fundamental part of the human experience.
Navigating big emotions in order to live a more fulfilling life.