The Heart Leads to Meet a Better Self: Embracing Your Emotions Book Exhibition

“Reading books for self-reconciliation; accompanying you from rainy days to sunny ones.”

Modern society demands speed and positivity which forces us to wear a smiling mask, suppress or ignore emotions and only increases our psychological burden. In this book exhibition, we don’t rush to erase anxiety or sadness but allow them to exist in during emotionally rainy days. Through reading, we practice labeling feelings with precision; through self-awareness, we create a buffer space between stimulus and response. When reconciling with our true selves, we follow “heart guidance” (values), transforming emotional energy into growing momentum after the rain gives way to clear skies, to a self-awakened life.

Event Dates: May 4th to May 15th
Event Locations: Taipei Campus Library, Taoyuan Campus Library, Kinmen Reading Room
Target Audience: MCU Faculty, staff, and students

This exhibition is organized into four thematic zones based on the psychological process of emotional regulation (Aware → Pause → Values → Transform), guiding readers step-by-step to restore their minds.

Thematic Zones	Description
【Emotional Processing Room | Seeing Inner Granularity】	Emphasizes increasing “emotional granularity,” guiding readers to not only saying “I’m annoyed” but to precisely discerning whether it is “disappointment,” “grievance,” or “anxiety.” Only by seeing and labeling emotions can we avoid being swept away by emotional storms.
【Spiritual Landing Pad | Practicing Pauses and Breathing】	It emphasizes the practice of deep breathing creating a space to “pause” amidst busyness, acknowledging the negative emotional state without rushing criticisms or eliminations.
【Gentle Navigation Station | Embracing Your Values】	Readers are guided to accept their emotions by inner exploration through asking: “Why do I feel this way?” and clarify the life values they truly cherish.
【Writing like Alchemy | Writing and Transformation】	Focusing on transformation and action, the writer converts deep feelings into words which effectively lowers stress hormones and heals the mind. It encourages readers to adopt a new narrative and make small changes to move toward sunny days.

This is not an assignment, but a dialogue game with yourself.

This is an exercise for emotional externalization. Paint to surface your emotions and tell yourself: “Whether it turns out to be a cheerful fairy visiting or an angry monster suddenly barging in, they are just today’s passers by.” This distances you from the emotions, keeps you immersed in the happy moments, sets you free being a hostage to low feelings, and tenderly embraces every version of yourself.

In the daily busyness, is your heart’s inner room stuffed with all types of emotional debris?

Take a simple quiz to see the current state of your heart’s inner room. You will receive personal prescriptions to help reorganize the mess via reading, to comfortably reset your life.