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= Feelfulness = Feelfulness -Feel a Feeling by Choice- employs methods where a feeling / emotion is experienced in anticipation by using specific linguistic elements such as evocators, movers, and descriptors arranged in triplicates, to evoke an experience. Feelfulness guides individuals to generate specific States of Being by cultivating positive psychological states and develop or modify existing personality traits.

Feelfulness takes the concept of mindfulness to even greater depths by allowing individuals to develop into their chosen feelings, cultivating a positive psychological state and acquire new or modify existing personality traits, all made possible by the incredible power of neuroplasticity.

In mindfulness a “State” refers to a temporary condition in which an individual is aware of their thoughts and feelings and able to stay present when distractions arise, and “Trait” is the more permanent ability to enter a mindful perspective at will, in which an individual recognises what they are thinking and feeling, accepts them without judgment, and keeps the focus on being present.

In feelfulness, individuals gain insight into the underlying causes of their thoughts and feelings, keeping focus on being present and taking conscious steps to modify and/or change how they feel by Feeling a Feeling by Choice, thus Generating a State of Being or “Trait” if you will.

Feelings are the perceptions of physiological changes, whereas emotions are mental images, representing internal or external states of reality. There are numerous theories of emotion, with some believing that emotions are a cognitive and physiological experience, while others suggest that emotions are produced by complex interactions between cognitive, physiological, and social processes. Emotional experiences are believed to be subjective, varying in intensity and quality depending on individual factors such as personality, cultural norms, and situational context.

Foundation
Feelfulness’ methodology is grounded in the concept of Neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to re-wire and adapt in reaction to new experiences and stimuli. Traditionally this process is facilitated through a wide range of activities such as meditations, mindfulness and other forms of cognitive therapy, what is more, Feelfulness takes these practices to greater heights due to the brain’s ability to groove new neural pathways -neuroplasticity- enabling an individual to regulate their emotions, and even increase their intelligence.

Neuroplasticity – or brain plasticity – is the ability of the brain to modify its connections or re-wire itself. Without this ability, any brain, not just the human brain, would be unable to develop from infancy through to adulthood or to recover from brain injury.

An individual's manner of thinking, feeling, and acting is defined by their unique personality traits; these traits are a blend of genetic and environmental influences, and go through changes as the person is exposed to new experiences and gains understanding of their thinking, feeling and acting.

Feelfulness is a powerful tool that can be used to gain greater control over one's thought, emotions, and feelings. It can lead to an overall improved state of being, allowing individuals to have more in control of their feelings, be better equipped to manage difficult emotions, and become more confident in their ability to grow and develop through the incredible power of neuroplasticity.

Thus, through purposefully crafted experiences through Feelfulness an individual can develop or modify their existing personality traits; for example, an individual who is naturally introverted may develop more extroverted traits and an individual who is more deceitful can develop more honesty traits.

This is achieved through the use of distinctive language constructs comprised of evocators, movers, and descriptors arranged in triplicate structures. Evocative words and phrases stimulate an emotional response - strongly positive or negative reactions- beyond their literal meaning because they are vague, and everyone has a subjective experience of what the words means to them. These language constructs as word triangles help create /modify /generate a state and through repetition -neuroplasticity- help create a more permanent ability of an individual to enter a feelful state at will.

Principles of Feelfulness:

 * 1) Conscious Choice: At the core of Feelfulness is the principle of conscious choice. Individuals have the ability to deliberately select and cultivate specific feelings or emotions, empowering them to shape their internal states and ultimately their overall well-being.
 * 2) Linguistic Elements: Feelfulness employs unique linguistic elements such as evocators, movers, and descriptors arranged in triplicates. These linguistic patterns serve as powerful tools to evoke and amplify chosen feelings, creating a heightened sense of emotional experience.
 * 3) Neuroplasticity: Feelfulness is grounded in the principle of neuroplasticity, which refers to the brain's remarkable capacity to rewire and adapt in response to new experiences. By engaging in Feelfulness practices, individuals can create new neural pathways, rewiring their brains to support the cultivation of desired emotional states.
 * 4) Intentional Shift: By consciously shifting one's state of consciousness, individuals can explore and expand their emotional repertoire, fostering personal growth and self-awareness.
 * 5) Embodied Presence: While Feelfulness goes beyond traditional mindfulness practices, it remains rooted in the principles of embodied presence to deepen their connection with their chosen feelings and emotions, enhancing the richness of their experiences.
 * 6) Generating States of Being: Feelfulness is a skillset aimed to facilitate generating states for practitioners as well as personal transformation. By employing Feelfulness techniques, individuals can develop greater emotional intelligence, regulate their emotions, and shape their personalities.

Feeling Dimensions
Feeling dimensions allow individuals to differentiate and describe the wide array of subjective experiences that encompass feelings. Researchers have proposed various feeling dimensions, each capturing distinct aspects of emotional experiences: valence, arousal, dominance.


 * 1) Valence: The valence dimension, representing the positive or negative quality of emotions, provides a foundation for intentionally feeling emotions by choice. By recognising the emotional tone of a situation, individuals can decide whether they want to enhance positive emotions or shift away from negative ones. For example, if an individual is feeling stressed, they can consciously choose to focus on positive aspects of the situation to shift their emotional experience. This dimension helps develop the skill to guide emotional responses toward the desired outcome.
 * 2) Arousal: Arousal indicates the level of activation in emotions and contributes to the skill of feeling a feeling by choice through awareness and regulation. By understanding arousal levels, individuals can actively choose strategies to match or modify their arousal level. If individuals are feeling too anxious, they can intentioanlly shift in calming techniques like deep breathing to lower arousal. Conversly if individuals need to boost their motivation, they can choose activities that increase their arousal.
 * 3) Dominance: Dominance reflects the perceived control over emotions and is another aspect that aids in feeling a feeling by choice. Feelings with higher dominance, such as confidence, enable individuals to consciously direct their emotional responses. Recognizing the dominance dimension helps individuals build the skill to guide their emotional experiences towards feeling s that promote resilience and control.

Developing the skill to feel a feeling by choice involves understanding how Valence, Arousal, and Dominance work together. By comprehending the emotional tone, activation level, and sense of control associated with a given emotion, individuals can consciously select strategies to either amplify, shift, or regulate emotional experiences.

States of Being
While a state of being and a state of mind are related, they are not the same thing. A individual's state of being can influence their state of mind, and vice versa, but they are distinct concepts.

A state of mind, on the other hand, refers specifically to an individual's mental or emotional state or disposition. It can refer to things like an individual's mood, attitudes, thoughts, and emotions. A state of mind can have a significant impact on an individual's behaviour and the way they perceive and interact with the world around them.

"To be" is the primary existential verb for State of Being. So, "Monica is an officer." "Ron was sick." "Tim is dead." "They are intelligent." The subject is renamed by a predicate nominative (officer) or a predicate adjective (intelligent).

A State of Being is who an individual Is -I Am, You Are- and is not to be confused with individual’s identity or their title: “I am transformed”, “I am wilful”, “I am Competent, Confident, Consistent”, “I am respectful, “I am a good person”, “I am a mother,” it refers to a condition and quality that are placed in action.

These statements indicate that the individual exists and is in an overall positive state. Although these feelings of contentment and satisfaction can be fleeting, though the practice of feelfulness an individual can make a conscious effort to maintain this positive state of being.

Emotional experiences do not constitute achievements because they fluctuate over time, an individual can be happy right now, and upset an hour from now. Therefore, “being happy” is not an achievement, it’s a quality of your present experience, a State of Being.

States of Being are not Goals, rather they are decision criteria. It is perfectly normal for an individual to desire to "be happy" or "be successful," but treating these desires as goals guarantees an individual’s state of disappointment. Instead of treating these states as achievements, it is far more beneficial to consider them as decision criteria and understanding whether or not an individual’s actions are leading to their desired results: a Chosen State of Being.

Crafting the ability to generate a state of being and then making it available (provide it) to those around, is an invaluable skill to possess. Having the capability to make this “feeling” accessible to an audience (patients, clients, students, and loved ones) gives and individual a true advantage for healthy influence and motivation. It has a tremendous impact on the whole world and is a highly desirable accomplishment.

Generating States as Therapists
Jeffrey K. Zeig is widely recognized for his emphasis on the experiential impact within the realm of psychotherapy, underscores that therapy's central objectives encompass enhancing self-esteem, fostering coping mechanisms, driving change, cultivating a sense of responsibility, and activating clients to become agents of their own well-being. These achievements, Zeig argues, are not just attainable through theoretical or cognitive learning, but necessitate experiential realization. While therapeutic techniques can be disseminated through theoretical and didactic means, the transformative states of being can only truly manifest through lived experiences.

In the present phase of Zeig's progression as both a therapist and educator, he distinguishes between technical methods and the states of being exhibited by clinicians. Unlike several psychotherapy schools that commence with theoretical constructs, research, and practical applications teach in a didactic manner, Zeig asserts that effective therapy pivots more on the therapist's and the client 's internal states than on specific techniques. Therefore, priority is granted to the cultivation of states of being over the emphasis on techniques. These underscores Zeig's belief that the therapeutic process is significantly influenced by the therapist's authentic internal state of being and the corresponding state of the patient, implying that the therapist's state plays a pivotal role in the efficacy of therapeutic outcomes.

The Impact of Generating States of Being
This advanced skill can empower individuals to navigate their emotions, enhance their well-being, and create transformative experiences. By learning to choose and feel a feeling by choice individuals can unlock new levels of self-mastery.

Resilience is not a trait that people either have or do not have. Resilience involves behaviours, thoughts, and actions that need to be learned and developed in anyone and it is a dynamic process of continually adjusting to challenges. Practitioners need to guide their clients to actively cultivate this psychological capacity before crises occur.

1. Conscious Choice: Conscious choice is a transformative tool that empowers individuals to actively shape their emotional states, own their experiences and gain agency over their lives by moving beyond reactive states by aligning with values and desired states of being.

2. Emotional Intelligence: Choosing to feel a feeling is a cultivated skill involving emotional intelligence, we embrace resilience and align with the inner compass.

3. Emotional Resilience: Conscious choice enhances emotional resilience, allowing individuals to navigate challenges with grace and by choosing empowering states individuals can become masters of their emotional landscape.

4. Feel a Feeling by Choice: Choosing to feel a feeling by choice is a skill that can be developed with practice. It involves cultivating emotional intelligence and understanding the intricate nuances of emotional landscape. With this skill, individuals become adept at consciously selecting and experiencing emotions that serve their well. Theuy gain insight into emotions, triggers, and behaviour patterns that guide both automatic and intentional choices.

5. Enhancing Self-Mastery: Selecting emotional states relates to self-awareness and self-mastery by gaining insight into the inner compass that guides choice making.

6. Ethical Empowerment: Ethical considerations are vital in selecting emotional states. While empowering, it's important to avoid suppressing emotions detrimentally. Feelfulness enhances authenticity and emotional integrity to ensure growth through conscious choices.

The Detached Observation Skill
The practice of detached observation skills cultivates a path to discovering the  layers of our thought which are systematically uncovered. With these skills individuals can unravel a more profound comprehension of the psychological realm known as classical conditioning that influence their experiences.

Classical conditioning refers to the intricate interplay of thoughts and associations that shape an individual experiences leading to swift emotional reactions. The primal mind, acting as a repository of memories and emotions, instinctively triggers responses like "fight" or "flight" or "freeze" in situations that mirror past events.

The proficiency in detached observation, is rooted in the principles of mindfulness, expanded by feelfuness skills interfacing adeptly with the strata of cognitive processes. The gradual attenuation of automatic thought patterns within individuals instigates the creation of a cognitive space conducive to deliberate decision-making.

Such cultivation progressively imparts the capability to consciously shift through and opt for specific layers of thoughts while discarding other layers. This newfound control over cognitive processes equips individuals to navigate life with heightened emotional intelligence, make choices that resonate with personal values, feel a feeling by choice and generate states of being that are inline with their aspirations.

Binary States to Complex Dynamic States of Being
Binary states of being exist in one of two distinct states, such as on or off, true or false, black or white, etc. These basic states of being have been around for centuries and have been used to construct some of the most fundamental components of our lives.

In contrast, complex dynamic states of being have the potential to exist in a range of many possible states that are constantly interacting with one another due to their ever-evolving nature.

With binary states of being, you experience either joy or sadness, while complex dynamic states of being offers you the opportunity to experience a much wider range of feelings and sensations. You can become more attuned to the nuances and subtle changes in your moods and feelings, because it allows you to experience life more fully when you are able to recognise and embrace the complexity of your being-ness.

The shift from binary states to a more intricate dynamic state involves the transition from the binary state being either considerate or inconsiderate to a more complex state where an individual becomes considerate of alternatives, curious, and simultaneously lets go of old perceptions that were once inconsiderate; additionally being either aware or unaware an individual becomes curious, aware of being aware, unaware of old perceptions.

By embracing a complex dynamic state of being, you create a more inclusive view with diverse experiences, emotions, feelings, thoughts, and behaviours because these make you who you are. Complex dynamic states of being open up new realms of possibilities for exploring your inner self and discovery towards your full potential because they offer new ways to express yourself, provide a greater sense of self-awareness, and compel you to experience a heightened level of fulfilment.

History
Feelfulness was coined in 2011 and introduced as transformative practice by Carmen Sauciuc. In 2015, Feelfulness was formally introduced as a Thought-Feeling practice in Creating Ease books, after significant testing it was discovered that the students had an increased capacity to observe and identify their feelings, as well as the ability to control and influence the impact the feelings had on their mental and physical states. The findings demonstrated a significant enhancement in the students' capacity for self-regulation, enhanced decision-making skills and generate states of being.