Coaching practices for Building Positive Emotions During a Big Change
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- I’m in the middle of something genuinely hard, and when a small good moment shows up I push it away as if letting myself feel it would be disrespecting how heavy this all is.
- My days have flattened into nothing but obligations and dread, and there’s no good stuff banked anywhere
- Plenty of what I do is pleasant enough but none of it feels like it matters, and that hollowness is wearing on me
- Good things happen but I’m already onto the next thing before they even register
- I think I’d need a grand vacation or some once-a-year spectacle to feel genuinely moved, so I just don’t
Practices that may help
- Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases. - Access positive emotion during adversity, not after
In the midst of stress and difficulty, finding even small genuine positive moments is a resilience mechanism, not a betrayal of the difficulty.
Broaden-and-Build, Made Practical - Accumulate positive experiences
Deliberately do things that generate positive emotion — building a reservoir that distress draws from.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Meaningful engagement
Spend regular time doing something that generates both positive emotion and a sense of purpose.
Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical - Savoring positive experiences
Slow down and linger in a pleasant experience — letting it register fully rather than rushing through or narrating it away.
Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical - Seek out awe
Regularly expose yourself to vast, complexity-expanding experiences — nature, art, music, ideas — that trigger awe.
Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical - Share wins with someone who will genuinely celebrate with you
Name a specific small win to a person who will respond with real positivity — amplifying the emotional signal.
Celebrating Small Wins - 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 - Create micro-moments of connection
Build positive emotion through brief, genuine moments of resonance with another person — not through sustained intimacy alone.
Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical - Distinguish genuine growth from positive illusions
Learn to tell the difference between real benefits that changed how you live and comfortable stories that protect you from fully processing the loss.
Benefit-Finding in Adversity, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Building Positive Emotions After A Loss
Without minimising the loss, notice any growth, change, or perspective that has emerged from it.
Look honestly for what has grown or changed for the better
- Building Positive Emotions At Work
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases.
- Building Positive Emotions With My Team
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases.
- How To Build Positive Emotions
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases.
- Building Positive Emotions When Starting Out
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases.
- Positive Emotion Building
Positive emotions can be cultivated deliberately through practices that vary what triggers them: gratitude, savoring, meaningful engagement, kindness, and awe are the most studied routes. Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory proposes that positive emotions expand thinking and build psychological resources over time — supported by observational research, though some specific claims (like the 3:1 ratio) have not replicated. The individual practices have varying but mostly real evidence bases.
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