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# Emotions vs. Feelings
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/emotions-vs-feelings/
- Published: 2026-05-28T06:00:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-28T06:00:59.000Z
- Description: Is there a difference, is there really a difference? 🙃
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Psychology, #re-use, Video, Principles, Metaphor, MECHANICS

Back to basics with today's Daily Reminder – a little video clip for you.

At an event I once ran, somebody with a curious mind (a mind that wanted to put things into categories, in order to settle itself), asked me:

> *“What is the difference between emotions and feelings?”*

It's not something I'd ever really considered until that moment, and in meandering my way to my own conclusions, I explored some of the basic principles behind how we experience *all* of life (which happens to include ‘feelings’ and ‘emotions’).

In doing so, I jumped from one metaphor to another, so this one features some of the greatest hits:

- Outside-in vs. Inside-Out (the [teddy bear diagram](https://www.gilespcroft.com/your-reality-is-a-perception-of-the-mind/))
- The inseparable nature of (the Principle of) Thought and Feeling, using a 50p coin to demonstrate
- The left & right hemisphere ways-of-being
- Thought system content vs. Awareness of Thought system and how ‘where you're coming from’ makes all the difference.

Relax and enjoy this 3 minute exploration:

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💟

Giles

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