Naming Your Positive Emotions

We’ve talked about the importance of naming and understanding our negative emotions so that we can identify and address the elemental imbalance we are going through. Now we can examine the flip-side of the coin: naming the types of happiness we feel when we are balanced in each of the Five Elements.

By naming our happiness, we can start the process of reflection and examination that will help us to know how to create future moments of happiness.

Care (Earth)

“My needs are met; I don’t have any foreseeable worries”

• Carefree

• Comfortable

• Content

• Ease

• Relaxed

• Safe

• Satisfied

• Secure

“I feel like a part of a social group or community”

• Accepted

• Affinity

• Amiable

• Belonging

• Bonhomie

• Closeness

• Fellowship

• Geniality

• Kinship

“I feel taken care of by others”

• Grateful

• Safe

• Thankful

• Trust

“I want to care for another person”

• Altruistic

• Attentive

• Charitable

• Devoted

• Goodwill

• Kind

• Openhearted

• Sympathetic

• Tender

Harmony (Metal)

“I see how this works”

• Clarity

• Fascinated

• Insightful

• Orderly

• Organized

• Understanding

“I want to know how this works”

• Curious

• Focused

• Interested

• Intrigued

“I am interacting smoothly with the people around me”

• Agreement

• Camaraderie

• Cohesion

• Collegial

• Compatible

• Solidarity

• Symbiosis

• Tranquility

• Trust

“I know who I am”

• Confidence

• Self-assured

Belief (Water)

“I feel reverence for the world around me”

• Amazed

• Awe

• Equanimity

• Hope

• Philosophical

• Serene

• Wonderment

“I feel like an integral part of the universe”

• Calm

• Enlightened

• Fulfilled

• Hopeful

• Humble

• Purpose

• Sanguine

• Worth

“I can contribute to the greater good”

• Benevolence

• Conviction

• Elation

Self-esteem (Wood)

“In this environment, I am able to pursue what I want”

• Ease

• Free

• Unimpeded

• Unhindered

“I know what goals I want to pursue”

• Eagerness

• Enthusiastic

• Excited

• Exhilarated

• Inspired

• Motivated

“I have the abilities necessary to pursue what I want”

• Able

• Brave

• Capable

• (Self-)Confident

• Optimistic

“Things turned out the way I wanted and I made it happen”

• Gratified

• Jubilant

• Pleased

• Proud

• Relieved

• Thrilled

• Triumphant

Love (Fire)

“I see you, and I like what I see”

• Admiration

• Adoration

• Affection

• Appreciation

• Attraction

• Enchantment

• Fondness

• Infatuation

“I feel seen”

• Closeness

• Connected

• Intimacy

“I understand what you’re going through”

• Compassion

• Empathy

• Tenderness

• Warmth

“I enjoy what’s happening”

• Amusement

• Delighted

• Ecstasy

• Elated

• Enchanted

• Enjoyment

• Euphoric

• Joyful

• Pleasure