What’s that feeling? Emotional Care Workshop Series – Week three: Increasing Energy and Moving Emotions
Introductory 
Trans Communities Recognizing and regulating our emotions can be an important part of survival for trans/nonbinary folks, especially in turbulent times. Join FORGE in this three-week interactive series to explore how we take care of ourselves and our feelings.
Week three: Increasing Energy and Moving Emotions
Listen to the ramping up playlist
Listen to the slowing down playlist
0:00 Intro and housekeeping
5:18 Recap from first two sessions
5:42 What is a sensory diet?
10:17 Joseph Kindred on sensory diets
17:05 What’s in your sensory diet?
25:43 Framing our emotional state
27:35 Physics and inertia
29:15 Trains: one car at a time
32:15 Humans, not trains
32:54 Micro thriving
34:22 Ramping up / moving energy
40:02 A little help from our friends
42:56 Reflection: Movement
48:00 Creating a ramping up playlist
53:11 Share your feedback
53:58 Check out question: How are you feeling?
Recorded April 17, 2025.