Emotion Vocabulary
Wheel

Assessment & Discovery Tools

Choose words that feel close, then add
your own context.

Finding Words for Emotional Experience

This wheel is a word-finding aid, not a complete or universal model of emotion. Start with any word that feels close, move inward or outward if useful, and add language that is missing.

A selected word does not establish a cause, message, or required response. Use the reflection page to record your own examples without treating frequency or reluctance to choose a word as diagnostic evidence.

How to Use This Worksheet

Use the wheel as an optional vocabulary aid for words that may fit your current or recent experience.
Start from the center - which of the four center words (Sad, Mad, Happy, Scared) feels closest, if any?
Move outward through the middle ring, then the outer ring, until you find a word that feels useful; add your own word when needed.
Circle or note the emotions you identify on the wheel.
Complete the three reflection questions on the following page.

Before Your Next Session

Which word, if any, was difficult to choose, and what made the choice difficult?

What context was present when you noticed the words you selected?

Coaching and Health Scope

This is a coaching reflection aid, not therapy, diagnosis, medical care, or a validated clinical instrument. Use it to record your own observations and prepare questions, not to identify a condition or choose treatment. Adapt or stop any prompt that feels unsafe or distressing. Bring persistent sleep, mood, anxiety, medication, physical-symptom, or safety concerns to a licensed health professional; use emergency or local crisis services for immediate danger.