THE PENDULUM SERIES · WORKBOOK 4 OF 10

The Pendulum
of Emotion

Name: The Pendulum of Emotion Workbook
Brand: Mind&Gut
Price: 9.00 USD
Availability: InStock

A guided workbook for letting feelings move all the way through, instead of around them.

$9 $17 Introductory price

Get the Workbook

✓ Instant PDF download
✓ Fillable on any device
✓ Printable
✓ Lifetime access
✓ Written by a licensed psychotherapist

Where do you lean?

Most people don't live at one extreme all the time - pushing feelings away, or getting stuck in them. Notice which pattern you reach for more often.

Suppression and Fixation patterns, compared side by side
Suppression	Fixation
You push feelings down or tell yourself you shouldn't feel them.	You get stuck replaying the past or a painful experience.
You numb or shut off your feelings instead of experiencing them.	A mistake becomes “I am bad,” or a painful thought becomes part of how you see yourself.
You stay guarded even when you're safe enough to let your guard down.	Negative stories like “I'm worthless” or “Nobody cares” keep repeating.

A sample page from The Pendulum of Emotion workbook

Cover of The Pendulum of Emotion workbook

What's inside

23pages

8guided sections & exercises

Each section pairs a short reflection with a worksheet - no clinical background needed, no right pace to keep. Fill it out digitally or print it and work by hand.

Tolerate, FirstEnergy in motion
A Cloud That Was Only Meant to PassWhen looking back gets stuck
A Work in ProgressRosebush and thorns
Dread, Excitement, and AnxietyWhen looking forward gets stuck
What Gets Pushed Down or Away Doesn’tThe cost of pushing it away
The Bison PrincipleFacing the storm
Language Carries a ChargeThe stories we tell ourselves
A Truer Story, Not a Prettier OneRevising the lens

Plus a reusable Weekly Pendulum Check-In tracker - print it as many times as you need, long after you've finished the workbook itself.

Pages from the book

What changes when you actually do the work

Working through this workbook means:

✓Noticing when you're pushing a feeling down - or holding on past its point - as it's happening.
✓Understanding that old shields once helped, and deciding whether they still need to stay up in safe settings and with safe people.
✓Telling remorse from toxic shame: “I made a mistake” versus “I am bad.”
✓Hearing the stories you tell yourself in plain language, and seeing where they were learned or absorbed.
✓Turning unchecked dread into healthy dread that motivates.
✓Feeling less afraid of your own feelings, including the challenging ones.
✓Channeling emotion for good - whatever that means to you.

Alexander Gino

LCSW · Licensed Psychotherapist

Alexander Gino is a licensed psychotherapist with more than a decade of clinical practice. He has worked across crisis, dual diagnosis, residential, medical, and outpatient settings, mostly with adults navigating grief, mood disorders, addiction, questions of meaning, and trauma. He completed certifications in addictions counseling and nutrition that have informed his clinical work and holds a master’s degree in social work (behavioral health concentration).

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Working through more than one pattern? The complete set covers all ten.

The Pendulum of Emotion

✓23 pages, including 8 guided sections & exercises
✓The Suppression/Fixation recognition framework, explained in plain language
✓A reusable Weekly Pendulum Check-In tracker
✓Written by a licensed psychotherapist
✓Lifetime access

$9$17

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The Pendulum Complete Collection

✓All ten workbooks in the series: 208 pages with 68 guided sections & exercises
✓Covers Risk, Control, Hunger, Trauma, Addiction, Grief, Connection, Esteem, and Adaptation
✓10 reusable Weekly Pendulum Check-In trackers, one inside each workbook
✓Less than the cost of buying six workbooks individually
✓Written by a licensed psychotherapist
✓Lifetime access

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Free questionnaire

Not sure where to start?

Take the free Pendulum Questionnaire to find out where you actually land - and which workbook fits you best.

✓See which of your patterns are swinging, across all ten areas
✓Find out if you lean toward one extreme, or both
✓Get personalized results, so you know where to start

Take the free questionnaire Anonymous. No email required.

10-15 min

Questions

Is this a replacement for therapy?

No. It's educational and reflective - a companion for work you might do in therapy, or a place to start before you're able to access it. It isn't a diagnostic or treatment tool.

Do I need to be in therapy to use this?

Not at all. Many people use it entirely on their own; others bring it into sessions with their own therapist.

How is this different from a journal?

A journal is a blank page. This gives you structure: short reflections paired with guided worksheets, built around a specific clinical framework, plus a reusable weekly tracker so the practice continues after the workbook itself is finished.

What format is it, and how do I use it?

A fillable 21-page PDF. Fill it out on your phone, tablet, or computer, or print it and work by hand - whichever you'll actually use.

Can I get all ten workbooks?

Yes. The complete 10-workbook set is available as a bundle, at less than the cost of buying six individually.