Module 03: How We Generate Emotion

When The Horse Is Dead, Stop Riding The Horse – DISMOUNT! With the development of language, the sensations we experience were given names or labels, such as: anger, fear, disgust, sadness, surprise and enjoyment. These labels allow us to communicate to others how we feel. The way you feel – your emotions – is generated [...]

Lesson 18: Emotion Families

Basic Emotions: Anger, Fear, Sadness, Enjoyment, Disgust and Surprise With the development of language, the sensations we experience were given names or labels; anger, fear, sadness, and enjoyment, for example. These allow us to communicate to others how we feel.

Lesson 19: EAR – Identity

Your Appraisal Mechanism Many researchers recognize the minimum for cognitive activated emotion as appraisal. Your appraisal mechanism operates rapidly, but is not always automatic – as when there is a slow, deliberate and conscious evaluation of the event that triggered the emotion state.

Lesson 20: Internal Messages

You Have The Capacity To Define Who You Are Self-esteem is your inner view of yourself. Others may give you other-esteem, that is, they like and respect you, but you can have low self-esteem nonetheless if your inner view of yourself is of a person not good or not worthy. A person may feel a [...]

Lesson 21: The Inner Voice

It is the Inner Critic Who Destroys Self-Esteem Essential to understanding self-esteem is the concept of the Pathological Inner Critic. This is the name given to the “voice” we all hear in our heads from time to time, that critical monologue that reminds you of your weaknesses and failings.

Lesson 22: Unpack Your Negative Jigsaw

How To Unpack Your Negative Jigsaw – Piece By Piece! A jigsaw is a puzzle – a picture pasted on a board and cut into irregular shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to reassemble the pieces to view the picture. Generating positive emotion is being motivated to unpack the negative jigsaw you have assembled [...]

Lesson 23: 4-Step Cognitive Process

Want An Easily Learned Tool To Stop Emotional Pain? Read on . . . The 4-step cognitive framework is the key to dealing with unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences.