You’ve learned about how to Reflect (R). In this video, you learn how to acknowledge and express the names of emotions.
Here’s an Emotion List you can use to reference as you practice guessing at their emotions and sharing your own. There are many more emotions to explore beyond this list, and of course, this doesn’t address all the positive emotions that are just as important to familiarize yourself with.
Identifying and expressing emotions is something most of us overlook or just don’t acknowledge in ourselves or others. When is the last time you acknowledged another person’s feelings or shared the names of your own feelings? With what you learn in this video, you can practice doing just that and the effect is creating a much deeper level of emotional intimacy.
Here are some examples of acknowledging someone’s emotions:
“I can imagine you might feel … “
“If I were you, I’d be feeling…”
“It would make sense if you were feeling…”
“It sounds like you’re feeling….”
“You’re probably feeling …and maybe … too”
“You’ve said you feel … and I wonder if you feel … too”
“It seems like you feel…”
In the next video, you’ll learn how to use affirmation in creating closeness.
