Mixed Emotions: A Tool That Helps You Make Decisions, Solve Problems, Resolve Conflicts, and More

Petra Martin

ISBN 10: 0970164009 ISBN 13: 9780970164001

Publisher: Heron Lake Press, 2019

Synopsis

Emotions don t take place in a thought bubble over our heads. They re electrochemical messengers that race throughout our bodies and move us to action. When we know how we FEEL, it s easier to figure out what to DO. Yet many of us struggle to put our feelings into words and have trouble benefitting from the information they provide. This deck can help by bringing common emotions vividly to life on separate, beautifully illustrated cards. It s a tried-and-true toolbox that helps you answer the fundamental question, How do I feel? While using these cards, you might feel: - Surprised* that you can have so many different emotions at the same time - Relieved* to discover a way to be more true to yourself - Empowered* by the information your emotions provide - Free* to simply observe emotions without being hijacked by them *cards in the Mixed Emotions deck Two reviewers of Mixed Emotions say: What I love most about these cards is my experience, over and over and over again, of helping me/others move out of the mind and into that gut place of knowing. My mind is brilliant and it can justify all kinds of choices/decisions. The clarity that comes when using these cards always amazes me. I call them my truth cards because something that I could not see is always revealed. Yvonne Rox Although they are 'feeling' cards, the structures for using them are rational and so give us a way to integrate mind and emotion while honoring both. souls2feet The second edition of Mixed Emotions includes: - 60 emotion cards illustrated with genuine linoleum-block prints. All cards are now printed on heavier stock and coated to make them more durable. - 12 instructional cards - Five create-your-own cards, which now include a blank area that gives you room to illustrate them yourself - A 96-page instruction book that contains more information than the first-edition book did, but is smaller, so it fits in the same box as the cards - A rigid box that protects your cards and booklet. This replaces the throw-away box and drawstring bag included with the first edition.

About this title

About the Author

When Petra Martin was 28, she traveled behind what was then the Iron Curtain with friends. They stayed with several families there, and sitting at their kitchen tables enabled Petra to confirm that Sting was right. The Russians (or in this case, the East Germans) really did love their children, too. They experienced joy, grief, and fear just like Petra did. And a Berlin Wall in her own heart came tumbling down. That's when Petra realized that our emotions are a universal language. No matter where we live or what language we speak, what we feel is exactly the same. And we all want the same thing: happiness. When she was in her thirties, Petra was a wordsmith by trade. She was diagnosed with clinical depression and found herself sitting across from a therapist, perplexed by the question she had just asked, which was: How do you feel about that? The difficulty she had in answering that question, combined with her epiphany in East Germany led Petra to create a tool that would help everyone more easily identify and harness the power of their emotions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heron Lake Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970164009
• ISBN 13: 9780970164001
• Binding: Cards
• Illustrator: Kris Wiltse
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 173