Name It Before You Fix It
Label a strong feeling precisely enough to lower reactivity and choose a useful next move.
Name-it-to-tame-it is useful at work because it turns a foggy inner state into a handle. The label is not a diary entry and it is not a performance. It is a quiet diagnostic: I am embarrassed, I am rushed, I am disappointed, I am afraid this will reflect badly on me. That precision matters. Vague stress tends to spill into tone, speed, and certainty. A named feeling is easier to hold without obeying. The four-move framework: Separate feeling from fact. I feel dismissed is different from they dismissed me. Choose the narrowest honest label. Angry may be true, but threatened,…
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