Episode notes
For many women the emotional vocabulary we were given was very small: fine. Stressed. Tired. Overwhelmed. Maybe angry if it became too large to hide.
In this reflective solo episode of The Inner Work, Rose Gaudion explores what happens when we never learned the words for what we actually feel, and how that small vocabulary keeps us stuck in "I'm fine" long after we have stopped being fine.
Using the feelings wheel as a starting point (not a tool to memorise), Rose shares how learning to name emotions more precisely changed her inner world: how it softened her inner judge, helped her stop translating every feeling into self-criticism or blame toward others, and gave her a way to meet herself with more compassion.
This is an invitation to slow down with what you feel rather than rushing past it, and to notice that naming an emotion is often the first step toward being able to hold it.
The Inner Work is a podcast for women who have learned to disappear for other people and are ready to recognise the patterns beneath their pain, reclaim their voice, and begin rising into their own light.