Emotion Compass – A Guide to Understanding Your Feelings (Printable PDF)

Please note: the PDF is written in German.

Why we have feelings and how to handle them well.

Nobody taught us at school what feelings actually are. The Emotion Compass helps you understand yourself better: What is this feeling trying to tell me? Where does it come from? And what do I do with it now?

What's inside

• Learning to understand feelings: three simple ideas that make a lot of things easier.
• It's not the situation alone that decides: how situation, thought, body and feeling are connected.
• 8 feelings at a glance: joy, sadness, fear, anger, shame, guilt, curiosity and connection. For each one: what it does in the body, what it urges you to do, how to handle it well and a question to ask yourself.
• The feelings wheel: so you can name more precisely what you feel.
• 4 fill-in exercises: "Naming creates distance", your body map of feelings, a feelings log and your personal feelings toolbox.

Who is it for?

For anyone who wants to understand their feelings better, whether for themselves, as a parent, in counselling or in the classroom. No prior knowledge needed.

Details

• PDF, 13 pages, A4
• Instant download after purchase
• Use on a tablet or print as often as you like for personal use
• Created by a psychiatric nurse

This guide is for information and self-help. It does not replace medical or psychological treatment. In a crisis (Switzerland): Die Dargebotene Hand / La Main Tendue 143 · Emergency 144.