Emotions in...
Knowing where these show up in your body helps you handle them the right way.
What are different emotions?
Give an example of a positive phrase you can say to yourself when your inner critic gets loud.
"I can do anything I put my mind to.", "I may not succeed, but I am learning.", "I am kind.", "I am strong.", several other examples.
This emotion is for when things are going well; you might feel it all over your body as warmth or in your face as a smile.
What is joy or happiness?
The name for how someone handles their emotions and how they manage their challenges and frustrations. This can be positive or negative.
Both anger and fear cause this to increase and show up in a similar place in your body.
Your heartrate
Dealing with stress, failure, or frustration can trigger this in our heads.
Inner critic or negative self-talk
This emotion is there to keep us safe from 'poisonous' things. She is green in the movie Inside Out.
What is disgust?
When you are using deep breathing to help with your emotions you should breath in through this and out through that.
What is in through the nose, out through the mouth? (Will also accept a demonstration)
Emotions are ______. What you feel right now can change over time.
temporary/not permanent/not forever
This is a way to stop negative self-talk that gives us the confidence to feel better about ourselves. What it isn't is ignoring your problems.
What is positive self talk?
This emotion might show up as a fast heartbeat or big, fast moving eyes. A horror movie or a hungry tiger could be the cause.
What is fear?
Talking with a friend or family member can help you feel better when you are this emotion.
Angry/Sad/Anxious or Nervous.
When you are this emotion, you might say it feels like you have "butterflies in your stomach" or "your stomach is tied in knots"
What is nervous or anxious.
If you are struggling to learn something new, positive self-talk means adding this tiny three-letter word to the end of the sentence "I can't do it." You might also add, "But I'm learning!"
What is the word "yet"?
You might feel this emotion in your hands by making fists, in your arms and legs as tight muscles, or in your face as a red or hot face.
What is anger?
Taking one of these can look very different for different people. It can be listening to music, going for a walk, playing a game with a friend, taking a nap, or using our tools like our calming bottle.
What is a brain break?
Give 3 examples of where in your body or how you might feel fear.
Sweaty hands, darting eyes, tightened muscles, breathing quickly, increased heartbeat.
When you constantly tear yourself down with negative thoughts, this can happen.
You start believing the negativity/It becomes a habit/You can become even more sad or depressed
You might feel this emotion as heaviness in your arms and legs or like a heavy weight is sitting on your chest.
What is sadness?
What is the nervous system?