In this episode, Lexi reflects on an IFS therapy session in which they spent a lot of time noticing their emotions. They introduce an app, linked below, that is helping with these first steps of emotional regulation: recognizing and labeling the feelings.

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• 😭 How We Feel App
• 😭 ⁠RULER Method⁠
• 😭 ⁠Mood Meter for Kids⁠
• 😭 ⁠Feelings wheel

These resources are for listeners in the US:

• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Suicide Prevention Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, call or text
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Crisis Text Line⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Text HOME to 741741
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ NAMI National Warmlines⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (text lines and phone lines; not for crisis)
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: 800-656-4673 (HOPE)
• 😭 LBTQIA+ Support:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Trevor Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and Families⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mental Health Resources for Black communities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Inclusive Therapists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources for Gun Safety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources for Reproductive Rights⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ National Eating Disorders Association resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, text NEDA to 741741 for crisis help. Hours for phone and text lines at link

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