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Emotions & Personality


Resource for emotions, including an Emotions Map and a Mood Map, to help you understand better what you're dealing with.

Emotions are part of being human.


Every emotion serves a function. That function then motivates us to take action; to connect, to share and to grow.​
Life becomes a lot simpler when we learn to stop fighting our emotions and instead begin to harness their power. 

The emotions map

The Emotions Map

A practical emotions handout designed to help you better identify, understand, and communicate what you are feeling.

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The mood map

The Mood Map

A practical handout designed to help you better understand different mood states, emotional patterns, and changes in emotional intensity.

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Explore insights on emotions, emotional regulation, and mental health. Learn how to identify, name, and manage feelings with practical tools grounded in psychology.

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Feeling Cards for Kids

Clinical psychologist Jess O'Garr shares how a school holiday project with her daughters became the Feeling Cards for Kids. The story behind the science.

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Learn the difference between emotions and moods, what alexithymia is, and how naming your feelings can improve emotional literacy.

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Temperament and Neuroticism

Some people are born with a hypersensitive temperament. Let me explain...

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Threat, Drive and Soothe 

 
Burnout occurs when we overuse our Drive System and don't spend enough time on recovery. 


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Don't like showing emotions? Accused of having a resting bitch face? This one is for you.
 

Planned Recovery

 There are ways to reduce burnout by pacing activities and reducing guilt for taking breaks. 
The DSM criteria aren't very helpful on this. Check out our version instead.

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There are four things you need for emotional wellbeing. 


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Self-care is a good thing that some people never learnt growing up, or they had poor childhoods that they still believe

Self-validation is the ability to notice what you are feeling with non-judgemental awareness and acceptance. 

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Self-soothing is when you take part in activities that help you reduce your distress by using the 5 senses to calm yourself down.


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Learn more about self-compassion and why it is so important for your wellbeing. Also includes a self-compassion exercise.
 

Abandonment

The fear of rejection stops some people from making friends. We explain why.

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