Tuning in. How to tell what you鈥檙e really feeling (and why it matters)

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Have you ever felt 鈥渙ff鈥� but couldn鈥檛 quite explain why? You go about your day with a heaviness in your chest or a tight jaw, but when someone asks what鈥檚 wrong, you pause... and genuinely don鈥檛 know.

That鈥檚 the thing about emotions - they don鈥檛 always introduce themselves clearly. Sometimes they sneak in sideways, dressed up as stress, exhaustion, or just being 鈥渋n a mood.鈥� And unless we stop and tune in, they can end up running the show from backstage.

Learning to recognise what we鈥檙e really feeling is one of the most powerful aspects of emotional intelligence - and one of the most overlooked.