7 results (expanded search) for "legitimate-feelings"
Psychological
Naming Suffering with Kindness
Name what you suffer with calm language — no exaggeration or minimizing.
Social
Three-Sentence Reflective Listening
After hearing your partner, reflect back three sentences: content, feeling, and underlying value.
Social
Build an I-Statement in Four Parts
Frame your stance as: "When [behavior] I feel [feeling] because I need [value] and I request [ask]".
Social
Validate the Feeling Before Advice
Name your speaker's feeling and confirm it is reasonable, before you propose any solution.
Social
Naming the Other's Feeling Precisely
Do not say "I know how you feel". Name the feeling with a precise word and verify it.
Leadership
Anatomy of a Difficult Conversation (Stone & Heen)
3 conversations within every difficult one: "what happened", "feelings", "identity". Separate them and succeed.
Parenting
Expanding the Emotion Lexicon
Teach your child 50 feeling words (not just "sad": frustrated, hopeless, let-down, broken). Precision = regulation.