Emotions are signals that convey meanings about relationships. Some basic emotions are regarded as universal. In this table Karen and Mike have collated emotion words into six basic emotion groups given to us by Paul Ekman: Anger, Fear, Sadness, Enjoyment, Disgust, and Surprise. We present the results in the following table:
Emotional Wealth
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To be healthy, your brain needs to function well. Give your brain what it needs – healthy neurotransmitters for right thinking and freedom from conditioned responses. How do you do this? True health and well-being is a function of many things – good nutrition, regular exercise, adequate rest, clean water, and freedom from emotional constipation.
Personal Emotions
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Emotions represent bodily feelings experienced as arousal of the nervous system. Stress involves an emotional reaction, especially a reaction involving negative emotions. No one else can experience your feelings in the same way that you do. An implication of this fact is you have to be responsible for your feelings. They are not happening to [...]
Emotional Style
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There are only two emotional styles … Which style do you use? Aristotle (384-322 BCE) said… “The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival”. The two emotional styles are avoidant and reactive. Regardless of your gender, you are more likely to display more of one [...]
Avoidant Emotional Style
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Karen said… “Once I learned how my adrenalin floods affected everything I did, life became much more enjoyable and easier”. I have always gone along with what other people wanted, deferred to their wishes and opinions, in order to manage my adrenalin levels. My happiness came from harmony in my environment, as conflict or even [...]
Reactive Emotional Style
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Mike said… “I learned at great personal cost, with the loss of my former wife and twin daughters over 30 years ago, that loud tones, aggression, irritation, and anger had to go.” I have always been a leader, full of ideas and the energy, persistence, and dedication to carry them out. I used to not [...]
Affirm Your Identity
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Often we see the another person’s behavior as wrong and our behavior as right. Have you ever thought to yourself, “How could he do this to me?”. In this way we can blame others when things go wrong and do not take responsibility for our responses. To elevate emotional well-being, each of us needs to [...]
