In response to COVID-19 the ‘Live Up’ COVID COMMUNITY was set up to support our communities with practical wellbeing resources that can be used for these extraordinary circumstances of social distancing, community lockdown and quarantine. This article is about ‘Taking Notice’ one of the 5 Ways of Wellbeing. Being able to label our emotions is an important step to help regulate them.

Here is a link to a ‘Name it to Tame it’ template that you are welcome to use.

So here is a little challenge. Record your emotions for a week and see where you live emotionally? There are Apps you can use such as the Mood Meter App or you can use this ‘Name it to Tame it’ template. For each emotion try and broaden your emotional vocabulary and use words that match the intensity and the pleasantness of the emotion. Being able to identify and label them correctly is an effective step in the emotional regulation process.

References and Sources:

• Susan David Ted Talk: The gift and power of emotional courage

• Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ

• Understanding Emotions by Dacher Keltner, Keith Oatley and Jennifer Jenkins

• Mood Meter App developed by Marc Brackett and his team of researchers from Yale University.

• Langley Group: White Paper Emotional Intelligence at Work

Here is a link to a ‘Name it to Tame it’ template that you are welcome to use