NEW IDEAS FOR USING MIXED EMOTIONS

Here are a few new ways to use Mixed Emotions that have emerged since the instruction booklet was printed. If you've found a new use for the cards, please send email describing it to: web@mixed-emotions.com

Getting audiences engaged
From Joe Tye, author of Never Fear, Never Quit, and a motivational speaker:
Joe hands each of his audience members a Mixed Emotions card at the beginning of his presentations. He then presents hypothetical situations and asks people who are holding a card that reflects how they'd feel in that situation to stand. By giving audience members a card and presenting these hypothetical situations, Joe engages the audience emotionally. Plus, all the audience members who are standing demonstrate that a) you can experience lots of emotions at the same time and b) you can feel both positive and negative emotions simultaneously. www.joetye.com

Meditating
From Oriah Mountain Dreamer:
In her latest book, The Dance, Oriah mentions "tonglen" meditation, which she learned of through Pema Chödrön. It is the opposite of what we're used to in meditating. We do tonglen mediation on someone else's behalf, and instead of breathing in "good stuff" and breathing out "bad stuff," we do the opposite. For example, we breathe in another's fear, frustration, and despair, and breath out - or send - love, patience, and hope. Use Mixed Emotions to put yourself in another person's shoes and to clarify what I want to send him or her. www.oriahmountaindreamer.com

Divination
Fan out the cards face down on the floor or table and pull one out at random. You may be surprised by how "on" these random selections are. You may draw Irritable or even Hateful, for example, reflect on your day, and realize that yes, you were. You may draw Resistant and discover something you've been resisting. Or you may draw Peaceful and think, "That is how I would like to feel." Drawing a card at random helps wake you up to what's going on inside.

Journaling
Select cards from the deck that describe how you feel. Do some of the cards you chose surprise you? If so, write down everything that comes to mind as you ponder these unexpected emotions.