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Tip of the Week: How You Feelin’?
August 17, 2026, The Association
The ability to identify and describe one’s emotions is a powerful skill related to emotional intelligence. Here’s a tool to help hone that skill
Overwhelmed? Anxious? Due to the nature of our work, these emotions are experienced every day by colleagues in various roles within our sector. One way to tame these feelings is to uncover what’s behind them.
It’s not just that I’m overwhelmed, I’m feeling __________________.
Filling in the blank helps you put your finger on what’s really going on, and the Feelings Wheel, created by Gloria Willcox in 1982, is a useful tool to assist in this process. You can Google “Feelings Wheel” to find sample pdfs, similar to the one at top, and watch this 10-minute video with instructions and suggestions for using the Feelings Wheel in real-life scenarios.
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