# 4. They process painful emotions. Do you ever wish you could be more emotionally strong? . Do you ever feel like your emotions are all over the place? . Or like your moods ping-pong around erratically and unpredictably? . Do you ever wish you could feel a little less at the mercy of external …
Category: Emotional Intelligence
How to Grow From Difficult Emotions
Pay attention to all the colors that form your emotional palette. We assume difficult emotions, mean demons within, shatter us when they suffocate us. We deny these battles we wage daily their right to feel and end up suffering. We forget difficult emotions, when unprocessed, stagnate and fester. They acidify and become corrosive. Difficult emotions, …
Are You Emotionally Intelligent In Your Relationship 7 Questions Worth Asking.
#2. Do you cling to your partner for your emotional needs? One of my students told me this scene which describes someone who is not emotionally intelligent: “He slammed his glass down so hard that it slopped over on our ivory cushion. He then swung his legs to the floor and stood up with his …
10 Things Emotionally Strong People Do
# 4. They process painful emotions. Do you ever wish you could be more emotionally strong? Do you ever feel like your emotions are all over the place? Or like your moods ping pong around erratically and unpredictably? Do you ever wish you could feel a little less at the mercy of external events — …
One Book Explains What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About Emotional Intelligence
6 misconceptions worth changing your mind about. Almost everyone has heard of the term ‘EQ’ but most people have no idea of what it really is. My favorite description of EQ, emotional intelligence, comes from a wonderful book, The EQ Edge: “You might be as sharp as a tack, but if you can’t convey what …
Why You Need Emotional Intelligence To Be Successful
Think the street hustler who can’t even spell his own name. But somehow talks you into giving him the shirt off your back. “Lisa drove 15 hours straight, in a diaper, from Houston to Orlando, to confront her boyfriend’s new squeeze in an airport parking lot. Lisa packed zip ties, pepper spray, and large garbage …
Why Emotional Intelligence Makes Us Better Humans
Lack of emotional intelligence is holding you back. Many times, we are dragged backward because we are not emotionally intelligent. You have a degree but you are afraid of how you are going to nail a job interview. You have a talent that you want to harness but you don’t know how to believe in yourself …
The Perks Of Being Emotionally Intelligent
Emotional intelligence can solve a lot of problems. Here are 8 ways it can help you: Communicating assertively Up until recently, I considered silence as a way of communication. I considered that I was communicating when I remained silent – when I wanted to say something. I know others out there do this, too. They …
Signs That You Are Emotionally Resilient
Let us consider some unexpected challenge as example. Imagine you are facing this huge problem. You have two options. One is facing the problem. The other is turning your back on it and hoping that it will go away on its own. If you take the second option: ● You are safe. You are protected. …
Want to be Emotionally Intelligent? Stop Making These Common 8 Mistakes
Displaying your negative emotions out there. Expecting anyone (be it your romantic partner, your colleague, your friend, your family) to receive you in open arms when you are not in control of your emotions is like buying something from the supermarket and putting it in your bag and expecting something else in your bag when …