Up: [[Pay Attention MOC]] Created: 2026-01-20 # About Emotions > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] > … emotion is the chief source of consciousness. There is no change from darkness to light or from inertia to movement without emotion. - [[The Difference Between Feeling and Emotion]] - [[The Problem with Affirmations]] - [[Nervous System Regulation and the Zone of Confidence]] - [[Understand Emotional Intensities]] # Emotional Vocabulary Lists - [[Emotions Wheel]] - [[Nine Innate Affects]] - [[Knowledge Emotions]] - See also Intensities lists in each of the families of emotions - [[Love isn’t an Emotion]] # Poems - [The Guest House by Rumi](https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/guest-house/) - [Inviting Spaciousness](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/11/04/inviting-spaciousness/) # Working with Emotions - [[Conscious Complaining]] - [[Work with Emotions by Asking Questions]] - [[Feel and Name the Emotion]] - [[Esoteric Ways to Work with Challenging Emotions]] - [[Expressive Art Ideas for Emotions]] # Boundaries - [[Kinds of Boundaries]] - [[Relational Boundary Options]] - [[Healthy Boundaries Come from Values]] - [[Renegotiating Contracts]] # Emotion Families > [!Orbit] [[Ashok Bedi]] says… > Human consciousness is only capable of six feeling states — mad, glad, sad, shame, guilt, fear. All feelings are a combination of these six core feelings. Karla McLaren reduces the six to four families of emotions. I took a four week online course through Karla’s company, [Dynamic Emotional Integration](https://empathyacademy.org/dynamic-emotional-integration/), have her books and workbook, and am going to use her four families in this MOC. ## Anger Family of Emotions - [[Anger]] - [[Apathy or Boredom]] - [[Shame]] - [[Intensities - Anger, Apathy and Hatred]] - [[Intensities - Shame and Guilt]] ## Fear Family of Emotions - [[Fear]] - [[Jungian Questions about Anxiety]] - [[What We Worry About]] - [[Worry Serves a Purpose But It's Not the Best Option]] - [Poem - I Worried by Mary Oliver](https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/words-of-wonder/i-worried-mary-oliver/?srsltid=AfmBOorwx7OC3nhP6uWNDIzapaD6xtPf8oEjyVEhAfa2PehuGo2N3-iQ) - [[Loneliness is Solitude with a Problem]] - [[Intensities - Fear, Anxiety and Panic]] - [[Intensities - Jealousy and Envy]] ## Sadness Family of Emotions - [[Sadness]] - [[Intensities - Sadness Family of Emotions]] - [[Intensities - Depression and Suicidal Urges]] ## Happiness Family of Emotions - [[Happiness]] - [[Contentment]] - [[Intensities - Happiness Family of Emotions]]