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THEY SHAPE US. THEY DO NOT DEFINE US.

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS - Home - Index
  • Feelings You Can’t Define - Obscure Sorrows
  • Feelings You Have No Word For
  • Spin the Wheel of Emotions
  • Universal Words for Happiness
  • Perfect Happiness,, Serenity & Sweetness
  • Neither Good Nor Bad - Words of Apathy​​ ​
​ Mindfulness Self Care for Emotional Growth
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  • Feelings from the Dark Side of the Moon - darker emotions and feelings - Index
  • ​​Untranslatable Words for Emotions - universal feelings in words of the world - Index
  • Capacity for Love -love, affection & relationships​ - Love Index ~ Sexy Index​
FEATURED LISTS
PONDERING THE PHOBIA ~ The Words of Fear
Complete dictionary of Phobias to peruse and a Library of self care articles on panic and anxiety extracted from my books.
Fear Dictionary ~~ Fear Library ​

Story of Soulmates - View | File ​​​​​
Greek Origins of Erotic Vocabulary ~ View | File
The Defining Story of the Kiss ~ View | File

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ASSOCIATED BOOKS

RIDING THE CRAZY TRAIN

Guide to Understanding Your Emotions
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Your feelings and emotions matter. They mean something to you. They affect your life. They are a part of you. It’s normal. The secret is to own them and not let them own you. They do not define us.
PREVIEW ONLINE | DOWNLOAD BOOK

SECRETS OF THE HEART

Defining and Understanding the Meaning of Attraction, Lust, Affection, Love, Sex.bit.ly/secretsoftheheart
​Love. We think about it, sing about it, dream about it, lose sleep worrying about it. When we don’t have it, we search for it; when we discover it, we don’t know what to do with it; and when we have it, we fear losing it. How do we define it? Can we ever really understand it?
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BE MINDFUL BE WELL

Series of mindfulness centered self care
​Learn the principles of compassionate self care and how to integrate mindfulness principles in the care and growth of your emotional health.
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PERFECT HAPPINESS
Light, Serenity and Sweetness

Positivity is a choice. When we choose to be positive then our happiness levels rise.
AFFABLE - Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.​

ALACRITY - Brisk and cheerful readiness.

ALLURING - Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.

BLISS - Perfect happiness - great joy.

BREATHTAKING - Astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.

BUBBLING - Characterized by cheerful high spirits.

BUCOLIC - Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

CATHARSIS - The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

CHARISMA - Compelling and attractive charm that can inspire devotion in others.

DAUNTLESS - Showing fearlessness and determination.

DAZZLING - Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily.

DELICATE - Very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality.

EBULLIENCE - The quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance.

ENAMORED - To be filled with a feeling of love

ENCHANTED - Placed under a spell; bewitched.

ENRAPTURED - Experiencing intense pleasure or joy.

ENTHRALLED - Experiencing fascinated attention

ETHEREAL - Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.

EUPHORIA - A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

EXQUISITE - Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.

EXUBERANT - Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.

FELICITY - Intense happiness

FLAWLESS - Without any blemishes or imperfections; perfect.

FLOURISH - To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.

GAMBOL - Run or jump about playfully.

GOSSAMER - Used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate.

IDYLLIC - A time or place that is extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

IMBUE - To inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.

INEFFABLE - Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

JAUNTY - Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

LILTING - Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

MELLIFLUOUS - Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.

MELLOW - Pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.

PETRICHOR - A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

PIQUANCY - A pleasantly sharp and appetizing flavor.

QUIETUDE - A state of stillness, calmness, and quiet in a person or place.

QUINTESSENTIAL - Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

RADIANT - Sending out light; shining or glowing brightly.

RAPTUROUS - Characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.

REPOSE - A state of rest, sleep or tranquility.

RESPLENDENT - Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.

RHAPSODIC - Immoderately impassioned or enthusiastic.

SCINTILLA - A tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling.

SERENDIPITY - The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

SPELLBOUND - Hold the complete attention of someone as though by magic; fascinate.

SPRIGHTLINESS - Marked by a gay lightness and vivacity.

SUBLIME - Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.

TINTINNABULATION
- A ringing or tinkling sound.

TRANQUILITY - The quality or state of being tranquil; calm.

TRANSFIGURATION - A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.

UNIQUE - Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.

VIBRANT - Full of energy and enthusiasm.

VITALITY - The state of being strong and active; energy.

XANADU - An idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence and beauty.

ZEALOUS - Having or showing zeal (eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something).
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ZESTFUL - Characterized by great enthusiasm and energy.


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THEY SHAPE US. THEY DO NOT DEFINE US.

DOWNLOAD THE CRAZY TRAIN
Guide to Understanding Your Emotions


​EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS​ - Home
  • Feelings You Can’t Define - Obscure Sorrows
  • Feelings You Have No Word For
  • ​Universal Words for Happiness
  • Perfect Happiness,, Serenity & Sweetness​​
  • Neither Good Nor Bad - Words of Apathy
Feelings from the Dark Side of the Moon - darker emotions and feelings
Untranslatable Words for Emotions - universal words of the feelings with no English equivalent
​ Capacity for Love - a look at love, affection, sex and relationships.
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PONDERING THE PHOBIA
Complete. collection of phobias to peruse and ponder and if you need help, check the library for the associated content from my books and self care guides on managing fear and anxiety.
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Story of Soulmates - View | File ​​​​​
Greek Origins of Erotic Vocabulary ~ View | File
The Defining Story of the Kiss ~ View | File

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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS