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Today's Group Session Menu

Naming Emotions & Emotional Regulation
🌱 Course 1: Grounding & Regulation Appetizers
10 mins

Get centered and ready for our emotion exploration!

🌡️ Emotion Temperature Check
Body scan with feeling thermometer - where do emotions live in your body today?
Teen Favorite!
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🎨 Emotion Color Breathing
Breathe in calm colors, breathe out overwhelming emotion colors
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😊 Feeling Faces Meditation
Use emoji cards - hold up how you're feeling, breathe with that emotion
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☁️ Course 2: Check-in Soup of the Day
15 mins

Share where you're at today with creative prompts!

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🌦️ Emotion Weather System
"What's your internal weather? Thunderstorm? Gentle spring rain? Sunny with hidden clouds?"
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🎵 Emotion Playlist Check-in
"If your current emotional state was a song, what would it be?"
Always a Hit!
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🎭 Emotion Avatar
"If your current feeling was a movie character, who would it be?"
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🍽️ Meal Time Emotion Explorer
"What emotion shows up most around meal times? Let's name it without changing it."
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🧠 Course 3: Learning Main Course
20 mins

The meat and potatoes - DBT skills made fun!

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🌳 Emotion Family Trees
Branch out from basic emotions - "mad" becomes irritated, furious, betrayed, disappointed...
Mind-Blowing!
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🎚️ Emotion Volume Control
Rate emotions 1-10. "I'm not just 'fine' - I'm actually 4/10 frustrated with 6/10 tired"
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🎬 Inside Out Emotion Science
Watch clips + learn why naming emotions helps (brain science made simple!)
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🍰 Course 4: Experiential Dessert Stations
25 mins

Popcorn style exploration - choose your adventure!

🗺️ Body Emotion Mapping
Draw where emotions live in your body. "What does anxiety feel like vs excitement?"
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⏰ Emotion Time Travel
"Name an emotion from this morning - what triggered it? What emotion visits most this week?"
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⚔️ ED Voice vs. Emotion Reality
"What emotions does your ED voice try to convince you are 'too much'?"
Recovery Power!
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🗣️ Emotion Communication Lab
Practice: "I'm feeling _____ because _____, and I need _____"
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🔮 Future Emotion Visioning
"What emotions do you want to feel more of in recovery? Write letters to/from emotions"
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☕ Course 5: Check-out Coffee & Reflection
10 mins

Wrap up with meaning-making and take-home tools!

🎓 Emotion Graduation Ceremony
"Share one emotion you learned to name better today"
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🙏 Emotion Appreciation Circle
"Thank an emotion you usually judge" + "One emotion I'm grateful my body can feel..."
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📱 Take-Home Emotion Toolkit
Create emotion check-in cards and personal emotion dictionary for the week
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🌟 Special Requests from Our Group Chefs 🌟

Got a specific emotion you want to explore? A situation that's been tough? Add your custom requests below!

"Today we're emotion scientists - all feelings are data, not directives!" 🔬💝