This ‘anger words’ sheet is used in my latest video in the series: ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE EMOTIONS that I will…
Category: A look at one emotion
What can we say about anxiety?
My video: What can we say about anxiety? covers what anxiety is, why we evolved it, how it can affect us and…
What can we say about fear?
My latest video: What can we say about fear? looks at the emotion of fear, the fear response and its links to…
What can we say about hurt?
A video about the emotion or experience of being hurt can be found here: What can we say about hurt? The main…
What can we say about happiness?
My latest video explores both the emotion of joy and the kind of happiness that’s about how content we are…
What can we say about shame?
I made the video: What can we say about shame? to explore this somewhat less straightforward but powerful emotion. Here are…
Coping with sadness
To support the video I made: What can we say about sadness? here are some notes and activity ideas. Message…
Expressing anger (and a look at boundaries as another way of considering assertiveness!)
As I have said in earlier posts, healthy emotions arrive and leave. In other words: they flow . That makes…
Looking at Individual Emotions in Greater Detail
This is a short post to introduce the idea of taking an emotion at a time and exploring it in…
Disappointment – making effective coping strategies more conscious!
I was disappointed this week in an ‘I was really, really looking forward to something that now isn’t going to…
Understanding and normalising anger
The emotion that seems to cause the most concern with parents/carers that I talk to is their child’s anger. This…
Make a Worry Mashing Machine
This is an an fun way to explore coping strategies for worrying, with your child. The idea is you’re going…
