This short video answers some key questions about emotions, including:
Why do people feel different emotions even in the same situation?
Why can’t we accurately interpret emotions just by looking at facial expressions?
How does having a rich vocabulary for emotions help us take responsibility for our experiences and lives?
And finally, why don’t we offer feeling cards with pictures of facial expressions?
Video with Lisa Feldman Barrett
Watching this video may shift your understanding of how emotions are created. The next step is to become more aware of your own emotional experiences and recognize that emotions are predictions.
How can we cultivate predictions that support our well-being?
We’ve created a tool to help you practice becoming more aware of how you interpret your experiences—in other words, how you construct your emotions.
This process is based on three key questions, asked in order:
What is my energy level?Awareness of our energy levels helps us care for our well-being and understand our experiences in a specific context.
Is my experience comfortable or uncomfortable?Recognizing our comfort level deepens our connection between external events and internal experiences.
What word best describes what I’ve become aware of?Naming our emotions gives us a greater sense of control. The more words we have, the more precisely we can identify and address our needs in the moment.
Our toolbox includes 144 emotion words and 20 different sets of questions to help you explore your experiences in different contexts.
Want to know more about the research?
If you want to know more about the research there is this talk from Lunds University with Lisa Feldman Barret
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