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Interesting read! I had similar (but slightly different) thoughts on labeling emotions when I wrote the below piece. You might enjoy it.

https://ranas9.substack.com/p/building-an-emotional-vocabulary

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Really interesting Ranas - I'm intrigued by the 'Ancients' and stoicism. I hope you don't mind, I left a long comment ;-)

Take a look through the earlier Emotional agility articles: https://www.carermentor.com/t/emotional-agility

Perhaps you may be interested in exploring the work of Daniel Goleman (1995) - his subsequent book publications involved Emotional intelligence at work and in leadership.

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