Naming our Feelings for Healthier Communication

I feel ______. In order to state what we feel we have to know what we feel. To know what we feel we draw on our experience of inner looking. To gain more experience, every time a sensation shows up or you sense you might be feeling something -pause- and -get curious! Use this list to help you fill in the blank.

“I wonder what this feeling is? Could it be anger, sadness, fear, joy, relief?” Keep guessing until it feels like you’ve hit your mark. More often than not we feel more than one thing at a time.