By examining the primary emotions, one can start to consider what sparks the stimuli, how the emotion is expressed (it’s physical and mental aspects), and the actions it propels one to take. One of my very favourite things in Tiffany Watt Smith’s book is her discussion of how 16th-century English self-help books talked of sadness as a way to optimise resilience and health. I just find particularly amusing given what I call the ‘tyranny of happiness’ in Western culture right now. People believe that all great things in life are achieved, all meaning in life is achieved, through happiness, but at a different time in our history, sadness was thought to be a way of cultivating a meaningful life, and in a way that impacted your health.

I’m very intrigued by your next choice, Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. This is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a coming-of-age story with an intersex protagonist. What made you choose this book? Siblings Sam and Kate know what makes them happy, but they can’t be happy all the time! Follow them (with their parents and dog, Fuzzy Bean) on a journey through emotions and the everyday situations that can impact upon the way we feel. There is an amusingly conceived questionnaire that attempts to gauge levels of intolerance. Which of the following irritate? “Parents discussing their children’s virtues and achievements/Dentists who ask questions when it is impossible to answer/A person who asks for, and then instantly ignores, your advice.” A brilliant later section identifies words for emotions in different languages (for which there is no English equivalent). Iktsuarpok is an Inuit word I’d like to adopt (if I could pronounce it), meaning the state of waiting restlessly for company to show up. There’s really no aspect of your life where it isn’t relevant. It’s relevant in classrooms, in courtrooms, in boardrooms, in bedrooms, every aspect of your life. You experience emotions, you perceive emotions, this is the currency of a human life. emotion is defined as an episode of interrelated, synchronized changes in the state of all or most of the five organismic subsystems in response to the evaluation of an external or internal stimulus event as relevant to major concerns of the organism” (Emotion Researcher, 2015).The two parameters are valence (describing a situation as unpleasant or enjoyable), and control/power (looking at whether or not the individual has high or low control over the situation, and it’s outcomes). Krohn, M. (2007). Robert Plutchik’s Psychoevolutionary Theory of Basic Emotions. Retrieved fromhttps://dragonscanbebeaten.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/robert-plutchiks-psychoevolutionary-theory-of-basic-emotions-poster.pdf This is a GREAT read for kids who experience very big feelings. Though he tries hard to cope by stuffing down his feelings, with a little help and artistic inspiration, this boy realises that feelings are something to be celebrated.

The e-motion gives you the extra thrust you need to master each day, but also the extraordinary things in life on your own and without help. With a support speed of up to 8.5 km/h*, you will move along really well. Thanks to the built-in lithium-ion batteries, the e-motion has a range of up to 25 km. So you do not have to worry about recharging in between and can enjoy your independence to the full. Here James capturing beautifully the importance of variation. He also foreshadows many other insights that science has now shown to be true, like: there’s no special brain region or center for emotion. Emotions are created based on the all-purpose mechanisms that already exist in our brain. He also really takes on essentialism as a problem in psychology, in a way that’s really, really interesting.The Sedona Method is a simple method to let go of any emotions, thoughts, and beliefs you have. It’s a set of questions to ask yourself whenever you have intense emotions or face issues in your life.

Exclusive dealers for E-Max electric scooters in Swindon, Marlborough, Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Gloucester, Cheltenham and the south-west. So the idea has been, until relatively recently, that there are ‘core’ emotions universal across all people in all cultures? Your third book choice is William James’s The Principles of Psychology. Was he a proponent of the classical view of emotion?A lovely ABC of feelings book that is fabulous for starting conversations about emotions. While some of the letter words are less obviously representations of feelings, they offer a great opportunity to talking about what each means and represents. Complete Coherence. (2017). Universe of Emotions. Retrieved from http://www.complete-coherence.com/universeofemotions/

One of the biggest differences between these emotional intelligence tools is that the Geneva Emotion Wheel also gives individuals an ability to select options for ‘no emotions’ or ‘other emotions.’ William James is often cited in our interviews about the mind and the brain, especially this book and his Varieties of Religious Experience. It’s fascinating to see how his influence carries through the centuries. When you are hurt, what is your first response? Suppress, express or make your hurt feelings go away? As a first step, individuals can examine their emotions, understand what events and stimuli activate certain emotions for them, and the outcomes that tend to follow. For example, before a dinner party or similar social event, a human might feel “apprehensive” because they want to feel like they belong to a particular group. By understanding and labeling this emotion, the person might be less hard on themselves for feeling a bit nervous.Exploring a wide range of emotions and reasons they can differ vastly even within the same day, this is a great book to read with early primary/elementary aged children. Oh absolutely. Partly what you’re doing when you go to a therapist – I used to be a therapist a long time ago – is that you are relearning how to make sense of your physical sensations. That might mean learning new emotion concepts, expanding your emotion vocabulary, so that you can be more resilient, and more I think it’s important to understand that knowing more emotion concepts, and expanding your emotion vocabulary, doesn’t just improve your ability to communicate about emotion, it actually improves your ability to make precise emotions, and this has direct health benefits. Maintaining a journal of emotions, where one writes about what they felt throughout the day and what caused it, is a great way to incorporate reflection with this tool. 3. Provides an opportunity for sharing