Emotional Awareness

Naming an emotion can reduce its intensity and clarify judgment. Children can process emotions better when adults help them identify and name those feelings. People often feel emotions before constructing thoughts that justify them. A limi…

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Naming an emotion can reduce its intensity and clarify judgment. Children can process emotions better when adults help them identify and name those feelings. People often feel emotions before constructing thoughts that justify them. A limited emotional vocabulary can weaken emotional intelligence. Questioning whether a thought is true can create space between emotion and action.