Identifying How You Feel: The Foundation of Conscious Creation

Send us Fan MailIf you’ve ever said “I don’t know how I feel,” this episode is for you.In this conversation, Tai explores why identifying your emotions is one of the most powerful skills you can develop — not just for communication, but for consciously creating your life.Most of us were never taught emotional nuance. We learned happy, sad, maybe mad — and everything else was labeled as a problem. Over time, this leads to suppression, disconnection, survival mode patterns, and repeated unwanted results.Through the lens of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, nervous system awareness, and coherence, you’ll learn how thoughts create emotions, emotions drive action, and actions shape your results. When this process runs unconsciously, survival mode leads. When you bring awareness to it, self-agency returns.Tai also shares how dissociation, shutdown, and buffering behaviors can be protective responses when emotions feel unsafe — and how naming what you feel helps you stay connected to yourself.If you want more clarity, capacity, and choice in your life, this episode offers a grounded place to begin.Practice from This EpisodeDownload a feeling wheel to support the practice mentioned:https://feelingswheel.comThis simple tool can help you name what you’re feeling and build emotional awareness in real time.In This Episode, You’ll Learn• Why naming emotions builds emotional capacity • How suppressed feelings perpetuate stress and reactivity • Why circumstances don’t cause emotions — thoughts do • How emotional awareness improves communication and relationships • What happens when we avoid uncomfortable feelings • How coherence increases your capacity to stay presentResources MentionedFeeling Wheel https://feelingswheel.comSupport the showIf you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or like you know you want a change but don’t know where to start…This is for you.I created a 4-week Stop. Drop. Create Coherence video series to help you come out of survival mode and start to thrive more. Each week, you receive a 30-minute guided practicedelivered straight to your email inboxdesigned to help you feel safer in your body,more connected to yourself,and actually able to receive what’s next.This is how you stop just getting through lifeand start creating it on purpose. Click here to get the video series.