Feelings – How to Understand, Identify & Express Your Feelings and Emotions

Feelings – How to Understand, Identify & Express Your Feelings and Emotions In this podcast I explore feelings — what they are, why they matter, and how learning to understand them can support deeper healing, self-awareness, and emotional freedom.Feelings are messages from within.They guide us towards what needs to be seen, understood, and healed.They are essential for both self-regulation and co-regulation, and although we may share the same situation, we will each experience feelings differently based on our own personal history and lived experience.In this episode I talk about:• what feelings are and how they act as internal guidance• why feelings are essential for emotional intelligence and healing• how to begin identifying and working with your emotions• how feelings show up in the body• how we may currently manage them• healthier ways to express and process emotions safelyI introduce eight core feelings to help simplify emotional awareness:• Happiness• Sadness• Embarrassment• Jealousy• Disgust• Joy• Anger• GriefEach feeling is given a colour, helping you to recognise and connect with it more easily:• Happiness – Yellow• Sadness – Blue• Embarrassment – Pink• Jealousy – Orange• Disgust – Green• Joy – White• Anger – Red• Grief – PurpleFrom here, I guide you to:• notice where each feeling shows up in your body• rate its intensity on a scale from 1–10• begin recognising feelings early (between 1–3) before they become overwhelming• use imagery to help understand what each feeling may be asking of you - Ie if orange - a lion - courage maybe needed.When feelings are not acknowledged, they can build and begin to leak out in unconscious ways.When we learn to notice them early, we can respond rather than react to them. I also explore how you may currently be managing your feelings — both in healthy and unhealthy ways — and how awareness allows you to make new choices.Examples include:• Joy — learning to share it safely with others rather than holding it back• Anger — expressing it physically and safely rather than ignoring it or acting out• Grief — allowing space for loss through crying, rest, support, or personal ritualsThere are many emotional labels in the world, which can feel overwhelming.By focusing on these eight core feelings, you can begin to understand yourself more clearly, while recognising that other emotions may sit within or alongside them.Your awareness creates choice.And when you begin to meet your feelings with compassion rather than avoidance, you create the space for deeper healing and a more connected way of living.Subscribe to Wholeyfit – The Soul’s Compass Method™ for more on trauma-informed healing, embodied therapy, and living with greater emotional clarity, safety, and connection.Follow — Victoria & Wholeyfit:Instagram: @wholeyfitFacebook: Wholeyfit – The Soul’s Compass MethodLinkedIn: Victoria PenfoldWebsite: victoriapenfold.com