The Language of Emotions What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You
Author(s):
Karla McLaren, M.Ed.
Publishing / Edition:
Sounds True, 2023; Revised Edition
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Preface to the New Edition
Part 1 - Restoring Your Native Language
Chapter 1. Introduction: Creating a Conscious Life
Chapter 2. My Empathic Journey: The Difficult Beginnings of Hyper-Empathy
Chapter 3. Troubled Waters: How We Got So Confused
Chapter 4. It Takes A Village: Surrounding Your Emotions with Support
Chapter 5. Reviving Your Elemental Nature: Making Room for Your Central Self
Chapter 6. Avoidance, Addiction, and Awakening: Understanding the Need for Distractions
Chapter 7. Unintentional Healers: The Role of Trauma in Soul Making
Chapter 8. The Role of Emotions in the Resolution of Trauma: Water Will Carry You Home
Chapter 9. Why Love is Not an Emotion: The Steadfast Promise
Chapter 10. Building Your Raft: The Five Empathic Mindfulness Practices
Part 2 - Embracing Your Emotions
Chapter 11. Wading Into The Water: Awakening All of Your Emotions
The Anger Family: Boundaries, Rules, and Behavioral Guidelines
Chapter 12. Anger: The Honorable Sentry
Chapter 13. Apathy and Boredom: The Protective Mask for Anger
Chapter 14. Shame and Guilt: Restoring Integrity
Chapter 15. Hatred: The Profound Mirror
The Fear Family: Instincts, Intuition, and Orienting
Chapter 16. Fear: Intuition and Action
Chapter 17. Anxiety and Worry: Focus, Motivation, and Completion
Chapter 18. Confusion: The Healing Mask for Fear and Anxiety
Chapter 19. Jealousy: Relational Radar
Chapter 20. Loneliness: The Drive for Connection
Chapter 21. Envy: Interactional Radar
Chapter 22. Panic - Immediate and Frozen: The Powerful Protector and the Healing Witness
The Sadness Family: Stopping, Letting Go, and Recovering
Chapter 23. Sadness: The Water Bearer
Chapter 24. Grief: The Deep River of the Soul
Chapter 25. Situational Depression: Ingenious Stagnation
Chapter 26. The Suicidal Urge: The Darkness Before Dawn
The Happiness Family: Hope, Confidence, and Inspiration
Chapter 27. Happiness: Amusement and Possibilities
Chapter 28. Contentment: Appreciation and Recognition
Chapter 29. Joy: Affinity and Communion
Chapter 30. Stress and Resistance: Understanding Emotional Physics
Chapter 31. Emotions Are Your Native Language: The Fine Art of a Life Well Lived