Do you, or someone you know, have difficulty in talking about your emotions?
It’s not always easy to define exactly what feeling is present, and sometimes we can be unsure about what to say or how to say it. Sometime associating a colour with a feeling, or even an animal can help in identifying what exactly is occurring.

The Emotions Game is linked to colours, but not defined by them. I have identified 8 main categories of emotions (there may be more or less, and the exact number will never be settled), but in this game they are love, joy, hope, anger, fear, shame, sadness, and hurt. Jan and I have developed 4 multi-coloured cubes allowing each main category of emotion to be represented three times. Further, I have identified six sub-emotions, two of high intensity, two of medium intensity and two of low intensity for each main emotion eg for fear the six are: terrified, shocked, scared, anxious, worried and nervous.

Simple rules are to throw a multi-coloured cube, and whatever word comes up, to throw the equivalent coloured cube of sub-emotions, so if fear (red) shows, throw the red cube, and if the word worried comes up, then the person throwing the cubes talks about a time he/she was worried. The person can pass on sharing about a particular emotion, but throws the cube again and talks about whatever turns up next (eg a time he/she felt shocked). The amazing thing is this works; people talk and share; they begin to identify emotions more accurately, and find they can talk about incidents and feelings more freely than they could beforehand. Sometimes this occurs with people asking what the emotion listed means, or even by disagreeing with the colour chosen to represent a particular emotion. This game has been used in schools, churches, correctional centres, doctors’ surgeries, counselling centres; it has been used with individuals, couples, families and groups; with young people (both primary age and teenagers), with adults – younger and older, and with male and female.

And they even turn out to be pretty good play toys for the kids!

A full set includes 12 foam cubes (handcrafted) supplied in a (professionally printed) blue cotton drill bag, and in printed form: description of game, paper version, suggested uses, rules, and care of product.

Cost

$180- for individuals or $220- for groups (ie schools, counselling centres, churches etc), plus $17.50 P & H if required.

Availability is immediate.

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Payment is by cheque/money order, or electronic transfer (or cash if picking up in Adelaide).

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