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The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You Paperback – June 1 2010

by Karla McLaren (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 846 ratings
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Emotions―especially the dark and dishonored ones―hold a tremendous amount of energy. We’ve all seen what happens when we repress or blindly express them. With The Language of Emotions, empathic counselor Karla McLaren shows you how to meet your emotions and receive their life-saving wisdom to safely move toward resolution and equilibrium. Through experiential exercises covering a full spectrum of feelings from anger, fear, and shame to jealousy, grief, joy, and more, you will discover how to work with your own and others’ emotions with fluency and expertise.

Here is a much-needed resource filled with revolutionary teachings and breakthrough skills for cultivating a new and empowering relationship with your feeling states through The Language of Emotions.

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  1. Print length
    432 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Sounds True
  4. Publication date
    June 1 2010
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 3.56 x 22.73 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1591797691
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1591797692
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“This book changed the way I relate to others, and to myself, forever.” ―Gavin De Becker, author of The Gift of Fear

“Karla McLaren's unique, empathic view of emotions surprisingly revalues even the most "negative" emotions and opens pathways to understanding the depths of the human soul.” ―Michael Meade, author of The World Behind the World and The Water of Life

“In my graduate education in counseling psychology, I found very little information about our emotions. Yet in my work as a therapist and educator, I've seen that emotions are key to healing. Karla McLaren's book offers an outstanding guide to the signals and messages emotions send us, along with clear instructions for intelligent and emotion-supporting actions we can take in response. Karla has made a huge contribution to the well-being of us all; The Language of Emotions will become required reading in all of my courses.” ―Nancy Feehan, MFT, adjunct professor of counseling psychology at the University of San Francisco

About the Author

Karla McLaren, M.Ed., is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy innovator. She is CEO of Emotion Dynamics Inc., developer of Dynamic Emotional Integration®, and creator of EmpathyAcademy.org. Karla is the author of Embracing Anxiety, The Dynamic Emotional Integration Workbook, The Art of Empathy, The Power of Emotions at Work, and the multimedia online course Emotional Flow: Becoming Fluent in the Language of Emotions. For more, visit karlamclaren.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sounds True; Unabridged edition (June 1 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591797691
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591797692
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 526 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.56 x 22.73 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 846 ratings

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Karla McLaren

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Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, workplace consultant, and empathy expert.

Her lifelong work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most “negative” emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. She is the founder and CEO of Emotion Dynamics Inc. and the developer of the Empathy Academy online learning community.

Karla also developed the groundbreaking six essential aspects of empathy model that highlights all of the processes in healthy empathy and makes them easily understandable, accessible, and attainable for everyone.

Her applied work, Dynamic Emotional Integration® (also known as DEI) is a trailblazing approach to emotions and empathy that reveals the genius and healing power within the emotional realm. Licensed DEI Trainers and Consultants are available across the globe.

Karla is the author of many books, audio learning programs, and research studies, including The Language of Emotions, The Power of Emotions at Work, Embracing Anxiety, The Art of Empathy, Escaping Utopia, and Missing the Solstice.

She is online at karlamclaren dot com.

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Laura G
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Books on Understanding Emotions.
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2020
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This book came highly recommended by several colleagues of mine. I'm finding it easy and enjoyable to read. It's told from a personal perspective and explains very clearly why it's so important to connect to and understand the purpose of our emotions. It's an excellent book for counsellors, therapists and anyone who wants to have have a healthy emotional relationship to oneself and others.
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Nessy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent content and writing style
Reviewed in Canada on July 30, 2013
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Had I had this book 25 years ago, my life would have been much more gratifying - I would have been a better mother and wife, but most of all I would have been better to myself. This is a "must read" book for everyone, given that our culture is forcing us to lose our primal language of emotions. The best part of this book is that it's actually a manual. It tells you exactly what questions to ask yourself to get to the bottom of what exactly you're feeling and why, and that, in turn, helps explain to you why you do the things you do. Read it, loved it and now I'll go back and reread it so that I can practice it.
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Deborah
5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to be a more ...
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2017
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This book is fabulous. Karla McLaren has written a book that can change lives. We often ignore or underestimate the importance of feelings to inform and assist us in our lives. McLaren talks about the main emotions, what role they play for us and how to utilize the message in those emotions. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to be a more socially and psychologically healthy person.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2020
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I don't know how we can live sanely without the information in this book. It needs to be taught in schools.
Thank you so much, Karla. This is Nobel Peace Prize material.
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Jessica North-O'Connell
5.0 out of 5 stars Emotions are not the enemy!
Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2019
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A wonderful look at how we can befriend our emotional selves and benefit from understanding what these "messengers" are trying to tell us. A great resource - counsellors and therapists should know about this book! Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars re-learning how I felt
Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2011
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I used this as part of my own research on my self for a paper. It is very well written. The thing that has stuck with me the most is that unfortunately it's "normal" these days to not know how you feel. I was journeying into my psyche and this book really helped me become more emotionally literate. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is ready to get more in touch with re-learning what they feel.
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A. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have
Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2018
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Was born into a cold family and only discovered ehat anger was ib my early 30’s. Use it more to read a chapter here and there from, rather than reading the book in one shot
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Wilma
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard slog but valuable information
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2020
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If you are a professional it would be a great read but as a lay person, if trying to get out of c-ptsd on their own, it is just WAY WAY too much info to process.
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Adriana
5.0 out of 5 stars Súper recomendado!!!
Reviewed in Mexico on March 30, 2024
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Como una persona con depresión y terapia, este libro me ha servido mucho para entender las emociones, cómo nacen, cómo se fusionan con los elementos que habitan en nuestro ser de tierra, fuego, aire y agua, cómo todo se conecta en lo físico y espiritual, la razón y el porqué de que todo está conectado y cómo funciona en nuestro interior.
Los paradigmas con los que crecemos culturalmente y cómo romperlos para validar nuestras emociones y comenzar a sanar, me encanta que en cada capítulo trae ejercicios y tips para trabajar la tristeza, el estrés, la ansiedad, etc.

Es un libro que recomiendo muchísimo.
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Adriana
5.0 out of 5 stars Súper recomendado!!!
Reviewed in Mexico on March 30, 2024
Como una persona con depresión y terapia, este libro me ha servido mucho para entender las emociones, cómo nacen, cómo se fusionan con los elementos que habitan en nuestro ser de tierra, fuego, aire y agua, cómo todo se conecta en lo físico y espiritual, la razón y el porqué de que todo está conectado y cómo funciona en nuestro interior.
Los paradigmas con los que crecemos culturalmente y cómo romperlos para validar nuestras emociones y comenzar a sanar, me encanta que en cada capítulo trae ejercicios y tips para trabajar la tristeza, el estrés, la ansiedad, etc.

Es un libro que recomiendo muchísimo.
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José Vicente Cordeiro
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Emotions' Management
Reviewed in Brazil on August 22, 2021
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This is a true handbook on Emotions' Management and Mastery. A very practical approach based on solid theory!
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Susan Gollins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Counselling Studies
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2023
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This book goes beyond, increasing emotional vocabulary. It provides insight in why its important to listen to (not block out) all emotions and then be able to use this awareness constructively. Particularly useful for counselling students considering 'wholeness', looking parts of self without voice (blanked blocked) to reintegrate into whole being.
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Frank Calberg
5.0 out of 5 stars The language of emotions
Reviewed in Germany on March 25, 2023
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Takeaways from reading the book:
- Pages 30, 162 and 253: All emotions are true information.
- Page 43: Welcoming emotions, which come to you, and letting them flow naturally through you is the foundation of handling emotions skillfully.
- Page 50: Ask and answer yourself what emotions you are feeling. Example: Is this emotion fear? Is it shame? When you do this, you become able to feel and think about emotions consciously. That helps you develop self-awareness.
- Page 71: Allow yourself to feel what you are feeling. That helps your psyche to flow.
- Page 369: You feel joy, when you feel you are one with something or someone.
- Page 387: Before we had formal language, we communicated using, for example, sounds, body position, eye contact, gestures, touch, and emotions.
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Ambre Dourfer
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant lesson to learn out of this book
Reviewed in France on October 19, 2019
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I am loving this book that is beautifully written and amazingly interesting. I've already learned so much about myself and how to deal with my emotional roller coaster. This is a fascinating explanation with a new view about emotions
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