LUMEN: Light Tools For Heavy Feelings is a groundbreaking educational tool that equips learners with the language and structure to navigate complex emotional experiences. Blending psychology, linguistics, and symbolic reasoning, the LUMEN framework introduces a simple yet profound system of emotional mapping through "loops": short, repeatable phrases and language structures that uncover, clarify, and transform inner states.Rooted in the belief that emotional fluency is teachable, LUMEN offers educators, counselors, and facilitators a flexible, low-barrier method for guiding students and clients toward deeper self-awareness. Each chapter provides practical tools: Signal Words, Feeling Keys, Loop Starters, designed to strengthen emotional vocabulary, reflective capacity, and interpersonal insight.Whether used in a classroom, therapy setting, or personal practice, this second edition includes expanded applications for trauma recovery, creative expression, and self-directed learning. LUMEN reframes emotional development as a skill set: accessible, teachable, and vital for lifelong resilience

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