Feeling Wheel
Loving · a word on the feelings wheel
Feeling grateful
Feeling appreciation for kindness or support.
What feeling grateful is like
Gratitude is noticing what someone has done for you, or what you have, and feeling thankful for it. It can be about something small, like a kind message, or something big, like support through a hard year.
Grateful or admiration?
Gratitude is thanks for what you received. Admiration is respect for who someone is or what they did, whether it helped you or not. Read more about feeling admiration.
Finding grateful on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, grateful sits in the Loving group. Start in the middle of the wheel with loving, then move outwards to grateful. If it's close but not quite right, the other loving words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Loving group
Loving words are about warmth towards other people, and towards yourself.
- Trusting Feeling confidence in someone’s reliability
- Accepting Feeling open to people or situations
- Proud Feeling satisfied with your achievements
- Admiration Feeling respect and warm approval
- Awe Feeling wonder and reverential respect
- Compassionate Feeling deep empathy and concern for others
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.