Emotion Wheel

When you look at the emotion wheel you will see the feelings in the center: Happy, Surprised, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sad. These are the primary emotions and are more easily identified. From there look at the secondary and tertiary emotions. These help us to understand more about our how we feel and we are better able to communicate our needs to others.

When we have experienced trauma or our family was unable to help us learn how to grow in the understanding of our emotions, we may not recognize our feelings. This puts us at a disadvantage because our feelings help us with regulation, connection and provide understanding.

As you practice you are laying a foundation of becoming attuned in recognizing your own emotion which helps to identify your need. As you become more aware of your emotions this brings clarity and you can respond to other with boundaries as needed.

Ask yourself daily:

1.       When ___ happened, I felt___.

2.       I felt ___ when I did ___.