The Feeling Habit
The Feeling Habit: How Habits, Triggers, and Emotions Shape the Way You Communicate
Most people think they have a communication problem.
The truth is… they have a habit and feeling problem that turns into a communication problem.
In The Feeling Habit, Tim Culpepper breaks down the hidden loop that quietly runs your reactions every day:
Habits → Triggers → Feelings → Patterns → Communication
Before you raise your voice, shut down, get defensive, or walk away, something happens inside you first. A habit fires. A trigger activates. A feeling shows up. That internal process becomes the message you deliver to everyone around you—whether you mean to or not.
This book helps you:
- Understand why you react the way you do
- Identify the triggers that flip your emotional switches
- Recognize the “feeling habits” that keep repeating in your life
- Break old communication loops and build healthier patterns
- Communicate with more calm, clarity, and control in any situation
You’ll walk through three powerful sections:
- Habits – What they really are, how they form, and how to change them
- Feelings – How your brain creates emotional patterns that feel automatic
- Communication – How tone, inflection, and delivery shape every relationship
Throughout the book, you’ll find practical insights, real-life examples, and simple steps you can use immediately with your spouse, kids, coworkers, students, or team. This isn’t theory—it’s a clear, real-world guide to understanding yourself and communicating on purpose instead of by accident.
The best part?
Inside the book, you’ll also get access to free printable worksheets and tools to help you map your triggers, track your patterns, and reset your communication week by week.
If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “Why did I say it like that?” or “That’s not what I meant at all,” this book is for you.
Everything you want on the other side of better communication starts with one thing: awareness.
The Feeling Habit will show you how to find it.