Vintage Partners & professional counselors, Kerrah Fabacher and Christi Hagans provide practical and helpful training on our emotions and how we manage our emotions.

This Equip Night was a part of our All the Feels series. Check out all of our sermons and resources for that series on the All the Feels series webpage.

Additional Resources

Relaxation Techniques

Relaxation skills are extremely important to know and practice when feeling very strong emotions so that we are able to calm down enough to think rationally and not act impulsively. These are just a few examples/explanations of relaxation skills that can work in those moments.

Pool of Trust

Creating and maintaining healthy and appropraite relationships can be messy. This tool can help you identify where the people in your life need to be in relation to the level of trust they have earned from you.

Psalms Articles

Sometimes it is hard to know what to pray when feeling certain things, so we have provided a couple of practical articles on praying the Psalms in specific circumstances.

 

Feelings Wheel

The Feelings Wheel is something useful when trying to figure out what it is that you are feeling or experiencing. Labeling and acknowledging what we feel is the first step in being able to manage emotions well.

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Socratic Questioning

When our thoughts seem to be negatively affecting our emotions and behaviors, Socratic questioning can help us understand more of what we are thinking and believing so that we can work to think in more healthy ways.
 

Thought Record Sheet

Thoughts can greatly affect our emotions and behaviors, so it’s important to know what we are thinking and then evaluate and replace unhelpful thinking patterns. The thought log is a simple way to do this that can help us feel better.

Mood Charts

Sometimes we are experiencing strong feelings and moods and we don't know why. Or maybe we feel great one moment and not so great the next. Mood charts are helpful ways to track your moods on a daily and weekly basis to see if there are any noticeable patterns. For example: I am more irritable and easily agitated when I am tired at the end of the day.