How we process our feelings and emotions is often learned early in childhood. Some families are good at getting everything out, speaking their minds and telling others about how they feel. Others find it more appealing to stay quiet about feelings, stuffing them down and never speaking of them again. We can often be lured... Continue Reading →
What Emotion Are You Feeling?
How many emotions can you name? In Brenè Brown’s book entitled Atlas of the Heart,Brown and her team surveyed 7,000 people in five years, and the average number of emotions that people can identify are three: happiness, sadness, and anger. However, these three emotions grossly underrepresent all the emotions we feel daily. In fact, Brown... Continue Reading →
A Review of The Power of Two: Verbalize Feelings
Welcome back to my review of The Power of Two by Susan Heitler. In our last post we covered the first basic of cooperative dialogue, say it. We discussed concepts including voicelessness, hinting, hoping, wishing, and guessing. I then introduced ‘I statements’ which we will continue doing in our discussion today. Today we will be... Continue Reading →
