Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart by D. Earl Johnston

Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart by D. Earl Johnston
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6776RX7

Ever feel something strongly but can’t quite name it?

Or struggle to explain what’s going on inside you to someone else?

Choosing Emotions fixes that. Fast.

This Kindle-friendly guide helps you identify, understand, and work through 272 distinct emotional states in minutes, not hours. It pulls from 4,000 quotes and insights from 1,800 thinkers across psychology, philosophy, science, literature, and real life, all distilled into clear, everyday language.

Whether you’re preparing for a tough conversation, supporting someone you care about, or just trying to understand why you feel “off,” this book gives you the words and the clarity you need, right when you need them.

Inside you’ll find:

  • 272 emotions, from Acceptance to Zeal, including Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Bullying, and more
  • Sharp, memorable quotes that put complex feelings into plain language
  • Vivid descriptions that capture how emotions actually feel
  • Practical ways to reflect, reframe, and move forward

Called “the go-to resource for understanding emotions” and “one of the most helpful tools for writers and speakers ever created,” this professionally edited 376-page reference with a 26-page index blends the best of a dictionary, thesaurus, and expert guide into what readers call an “Emotionary.” 

5-Star readers say:

“Bartlett’s for the 21st century.”

“PhD-level depth, but an easy, absorbing read.”

“A reference for the inner life you’ll come back to again and again.”


If you want to understand yourself better, communicate more clearly, and respond to others with more insight, this belongs on your Kindle.

Buy now and start making sense of what you feel.