Coaching practices for Awe Emotion Psychology
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- A feeling slams into me and I have no idea where it came from or why it’s this big
- When a big feeling crashes over me it’s like I become it
- When a feeling takes over I’m just lost inside it, like it’s the whole room
- Something just set me off and I can feel it surging right now
- Everything that isn’t good just comes out as "stressed" or "off"
Practices that may help
- Understand the function of the emotion
Every emotion evolved because it does something useful — learn what yours is trying to do.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Mindfulness of the current emotion
Observe the emotion as a wave passing through — without judging it, feeding it, or running from it.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Name what the emotion is doing in your body
Track the physical signs of the emotion as they move through — this alone reduces their intensity.
The 90-Second Rule, Made Practical - Observe the emotion without feeding it
When a strong emotion hits, watch it without adding the story that keeps it going.
The 90-Second Rule, Made Practical - Name the emotion accurately
Use precise emotion words — not just "fine" or "stressed" — to be honest with yourself about what you actually feel.
Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical - Locate the emotion in the body as well as naming it
After naming an emotion on the Feeling Wheel, find where it lives in the body.
The Feeling Wheel: Building Emotional Vocabulary - Walk your why — act from values, not from mood
Choose your response based on what matters to you, not on what the emotion is demanding.
Emotional Agility, Made Practical - Recognize aware presence within strong emotion
When a strong emotion arises, shift to noticing the awareness in which the emotion appears rather than being swept by it.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Notice and name mixed or contradictory emotions simultaneously
When something significant happens, look for two or more emotions that coexist — even contradictory ones.
The Feeling Wheel: Building Emotional Vocabulary - Granular labeling: move from broad to specific emotion words
Replace "stressed" or "bad" with the most specific emotion word you can find.
Name It to Tame It: Affect Labeling in Practice
Related concerns
- Emotion As Information
Every emotion evolved because it does something useful — learn what yours is trying to do.
Understand the function of the emotion
- Emotions As Information
Every emotion evolved because it does something useful — learn what yours is trying to do.
- What Are Emotions For
Every emotion evolved because it does something useful — learn what yours is trying to do.
- Awe Emotion Wellbeing
Awe — the emotion triggered by encountering something vast that challenges your current mental frameworks — reliably reduces self-focused thinking, lowers inflammatory markers in some studies, increases prosocial behavior, and expands the perceived sense of time available. Dacher Keltner’s research shows awe is more accessible than people think and can be deliberately cultivated without waiting for once-in-a-decade peak experiences.
- Emotion And Memory
Add sound, smell, movement, and emotion to your mental image to make it stick.
Amplify images with sensory detail and emotion
- Exploring Emotions
Bring kind curiosity to the emotion: Where is it in the body? What does it most need?
I — Investigate with gentle, curious attention
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