EQ WORKOUT #53 What Not To Say In An Argument
They slice and dice, cutting wounds not easily healed by pacifying words.
EQ WORKOUT #52 The Emotional Intelligence Of Healthy Boundaries.
Boundaries are those invisible lines around yourself that let people know the limits of what they can say or do around you.
EQ WORKOUT #51 The Emotional Intelligence Of Saying The Hard Thing.
“There are no classes in life for beginners,” wrote poet Rainer Maria Rilke. “Right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.”
EQ WORKOUT #50 The Emotional Intelligence Of Knowing If You Over Or Under Function.
When we feel this level of anxiety and overwhelm, we tend to respond in predictable ways.
EQ WORKOUT #49 The Emotional Intelligence Of Focusing On What You Can Control.
If the pandemic taught us anything in these past two years it is that there are things in life over which we have no control While we cannot control the weather, death, or another’s thoughts, much as we might like to.
EQ WORKOUT #48 The Emotional Intelligence of Self Forgiveness
Last I had the pleasure of experiencing the keynote speech of Candice Mama from South Africa. In it she tells the spellbinding story of how she was moved to forgive the man who murdered her father. The human capacity to forgive even the deepest wrongs is truly awe-inspiring.
EQ WORKOUT #47 The Emotional Intelligence of Finding Joy
For those experiencing sorrow, whether, through death, separation, divorce, illness, job loss, or relocation, the glittering commercialism and unrelenting cheer of the holiday season can be stressful.
EQ WORKOUT #46 The Emotional Intelligence of Finding Idle Time.
For those experiencing sorrow, whether, through death, separation, divorce, illness, job loss, or relocation, the glittering commercialism and unrelenting cheer of the holiday season can be stressful.
EQ WORKOUT #45 Be Gentle With Those Who Are Grieving This Holiday.
For those experiencing sorrow, whether, through death, separation, divorce, illness, job loss, or relocation, the glittering commercialism and unrelenting cheer of the holiday season can be stressful.
EQ WORKOUT #44 How was your 2021?
Pleasing other people—who could find fault with that? Isn’t it a good thing to consider the needs of others, to be gracious, to be nice? By all means! But for many, the desire to please becomes an addictive need to please others, even at the expense of their own health and happiness. It takes a […]