![]() ![]() Sadness has words associated with a heaviness or numbness/lack of sensation in the limbs or torso as well as downward-weighted lower lip (frown/pout), downward eye contact/gaze and/or head movement. Fear indicates a need for more information or a greater sense of safety. Rapid, shallow energy moving quickly in the mind, heart, breath and limbs. Fear contains words aligned with some form of flight or freeze response- dilated pupils/widening eyes, tightening in the chest as well as in the muscles and/or limbs one would use to move elsewhere. Disgust: These words have strong associations with swirly or balled up energy in the gut/stomach/throat and uneven facial muscle expression (one side of the lip or eyebrow raised, or a slight head or vision turn/literal looking away) Disgust indicates a need to avoid, to purge, to get something out. A feeling of joy indicates a satisfied need in a given moment. Energy is directed towards one’s center or the center of another. Joy contains words associated with a feeling of lightness, centeredness, calmness of energy/breath and limbs, upward-oriented facial expressions (smiles), soft eye contact or gently closed eyes. The outermost ring of words are potential outcomes of experience when the emotions in that section are felt over long periods of time or very intensely. The second and third rings of words are comprised of "micro-expressions" and "subtle expressions," which occur when we are just starting to feel an emotion. I have landed on these six core emotions (although I have replaced his "surprise" with "genius") and determined which words go in which wedges based on my lived and observed experience of how each word's somatic expression aligns with the way the center emotion is expressed in the face/body and the core need it relates most to. This wheel adapted from Robert Plutchik's initial 'Wheel of Emotions" design and inspired by Paul Ekman's work, research and the notion that there are 5-7 universal "macro" expressions of emotion, which humans use (largely through body language and facial expressions) to communicate our needs. ![]() #Wheel of emotion professional#Please note that I am not a mental health professional and this wheel and the worksheets above are more rooted in artistic exploration, personal research/study and my own self-reflection than they are in science or in-depth scientific research. #Wheel of emotion how to#I hope it gives you some tools and language to better understand how you're feeling and how to communicate those feelings to others. My hope is that this wheel and the framework with which it was designed inspire you think about your emotional experiences in a more complex and nuanced way. Someday, I will write more about the thought process behind the colors, the core emotions, the watercolor medium and the decision-making logic behind which words go where, but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy spending time with it. ![]() I am currently making updates as I receive feedback from folks using it out in the world (please reach out if you have any notes to share!). My therapist joked that I should make my own wheel. the colors felt wrong, there weren't rules for which words went in which categories and every wheel I could find looked like it had been designed in ClipArt in the 90's. When I began to engage with existing versions of the emotion wheel, they overwhelmed me more than helped me. This is an emotion wheel that I designed in 2020 (the year of all the feelings.) for use in my own therapy and healing work. If you feel comfortable, share what you circled or drew- with a loved one, a teacher, a mental health professional, the internet, or hey, you can always send me what you made, I would love to see it :) Reflect on this visual representation of “how you're feeling"- what do you notice? Can you notice where certain feelings show up in your body? Are there any feelings you’d like to pay special attention to or to cultivate as you move forward in your day? You can also draw/paint the colors associated with the words (whether the ones on this wheel, or your own color associations), circle the words if you have the wipeable version of the wheel or use the clickable wheel on my website ( ) Look up the definition of any words you don't know. ![]() (*Try to write down or circle at least 5-10 words) As you go through, write down any words that resonate with the experience you're having in the current moment. Make your way around the wheel- reading or having someone else read each word. Here's how I use it if you need a place to start:įind a quiet moment. Please please use this emotion wheel however you are inspired to. ![]()
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