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Emotional Barometer as accurate and honest as possible.

• Once you have placed the disc you are given the
What is it? option to describe that state. This is an important
way of referencing your records.
The Emotional Barometer (EB) is a visual metaphor tool • You can set reminders to record your mood and
designed to display and track your moodstate over time. energy. We recommend that you do this daily,
It gives insight into your emotions – how they affect especially when you notice shifts in moodstate.
your thoughts, feelings and behaviour – and provides
you with a basis for developing emotional literacy. EB instructions

The EB’s Anatomy • Open the Positive App.


• Go into ‘Tools’.
• The EB is divided into 4 quadrants by an x- and • Choose the Emotional Barometer tool.
y-axis.
• Click on each quadrant and write 2-3 adjectives
• The y-axis signifies a range of energy levels, from an
describing typical feelings/emotions within each
extreme ‘Low’ at the base to an extreme ‘High’ at the
top. quadrant (you can put these up on a flipboard or
• The x-axis signifies a range of different qualities slide).
that energy could have, ranging from an extreme • Place the disc according to your current moodstate
negative (‘-’) on the left to an extreme positive (‘+’) and enter a reason for why you are placing the disc
on the right. in that particular spot.
• Together the quadrants reflect a collection of • Access your history by clicking on the history icon in
moodstates that are more intense the further you the top right hand corner.
move from the centre of the graph. • Highlight how this tool not only increases emotional
1 - Top Right = motivated, engaged, dynamic
literacy, rewiring neural circuits, it also makes
2 - Bottom Right = relaxed, reflective,
us more aware of triggers and internalises the
contemplative
3 - Bottom Left = sad, defeated, disheartened emotional appraisal process.
4 - Top Left = angry, anxious, frustrated

Why is this important?


• It is perfectly normal to experience a range of
different moods and therefore to move around the
different quadrants. However, if you regularly find
yourself in a negative mood (on the left-hand side of
the EB), it can become difficult to shift and you can
find yourself ‘stuck’.
• Negative moodstates are detrimental to your
performance and wellbeing; even a slight alteration
in mood can make a big difference to how you think,
feel and behave.
• By tracking your moodstate over time, you will
begin to develop greater emotional literacy – an
understanding of your emotions and what triggers
them.
• Once you understand this you’ll be better equipped
to regulate your emotions and deploy techniques
that bring you back onto the right-hand side of the
EB.
• Balancing your time on the right between the top
and bottom quadrants is healthy and best prepares
us to perform optimally.

How Does It Work?

• The EB allows you to place a coloured disc in any of


the quadrants at any time to record your moodstate.
• It is important that you reflect carefully on your
energy levels and the quality of that energy before
hat your recording is

48 you place Health


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