Exercises that help people express emotions.

1. Exercises
about
emotions

2. Exercise # 1
How are you?

3. Adapted from
http://youtu.be/oc6Kx0igUus minute 11.
Ask a person “How are you?” Then listen.

4. Exercise # 2
How did you feel today
in which situations?

5. Adapted from
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132, location 700.
How did you feel? We tend to ask girls this question.
We are more likely to ask boys about tasks.
Example: What did you do today?
Should we start also asking boys how they feel?

6. Adapted from
http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/verslagen/capita-selecta/CS-Zimmerman-Jurrit.pdf
High energy
Low energy
Alert
Excited
Happy
Nervous
Stressed
Sad
Hopeless
Tired Calm
Relaxed
Satisfied
Angry
Unpleasant
Pleasant

7. Exercise # 3
What emotional experiences
did you have this week?

8. Please write down your emotional experiences from the
past week. Go where your mind takes you. Don’t worry
about making it perfect.
The point of this exercise is that those thoughts have now
been taken from you to where you wrote your thoughts.
They are out of you.
https://hbr.org/2016/11/3-ways-to-better-understand-your-emotions

9. Exercise # 4
How do you feel about
[name of person]?

10. Ask a person how he/she feels about
 person a,
 colleague x,
 manager y, or
 customer z.
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11108?pg=all

11. Adapted from
http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/verslagen/capita-selecta/CS-Zimmerman-Jurrit.pdf
High energy
Low energy
Alert
Excited
Happy
Nervous
Stressed
Sad
Hopeless
Tired Calm
Relaxed
Satisfied
Angry
Unpleasant
Pleasant

12. Exercise # 5
How did you feel about
being rejected?

13. Step # 1. 5 minutes.
Think about a time you were rejected, for example fired from a job
or not greeted by people you know. Please write down what you
felt in that situation.
I felt that.........
Step # 2. 5 minutes.
Please write down what you learned.
I learned that.......
https://hbr.org/2016/11/3-ways-to-better-understand-your-emotions

14. Exercise # 6
What is your biggest fear?

15. Part 1:
Ask each person in the group to write on a sticky note the biggest fear they have about
themselves. Example: "I am afraid of being in big groups.“
Part 2: 3 x 1 minute.
 Put on some music.
 Ask people to put the sticky note on their chest and to go introduce themselves to
another person. Example: "Hi, I am afraid of being in big groups.“
 Ring a bell after 1 minute so people know when to change communication partner.
 Do 3 rounds.
The exercise helps people to create more space to be themselves and tame their fears.
Adapted from
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132 location 1350.

16. Exercise # 7
What would you most
regret not having said?

17. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1918959132 location 2450.
If you were going to die today, what would you
most regret not having said?