Self-Evaluation
Emotional Intelligence Self-Evaluation Assessment Measures: Emotional Awareness Managing One’s Emotions Self-Motivation Empathy Coaching Others’ Emotions Take the 30-question test here: http://ed.swau.edu/England/handouts/emotional_intelligence_self-evaluation.pdf
Feelings are the Key!
"With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience of life so rewarding that you will be motivated to keep on managing your emotional nature in order to sustain it. The payoff is delicious in terms of improved quality of life." – Doc Childre
Benefits of Emotional Intelligence
1. Better communication skills Powerful, not wimpy. Strong and able to be tough, without being Cold. With personal Boundaries and the strength and tools to uphold them. 2. Heightened Self-Awareness "Depression is Anger turned Inward." "When we feel Guilty, we’ll set ourselves up to be Punished." "Negative emotions, expressed verbally as intensely as they are [...]
Quotes on Guilt (2)
"If we don’t forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end up crippled with guilt. And the soul cannot grow under a blanket of guilt, because guilt is isolating, while growth is a gradual process of reconnection to ourselves, to other people, and to a larger [...]
Quotes on Sadness
"To weep is to make less the depth of grief." – William Shakespeare "When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left." – Sufi epigram "There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have [...]
How to be Happy
Remember the five simple rules to being Happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness IS NOT: 1) A sense of false humility that makes us better than somebody else 2) Condoning ignorant or harmful behavior 3) Any one specific set of "right" behaviors 4) A "spiritual" evasion of real grief work. Forgiveness IS: 1) A deep psycho-spiritual process capable of honing our wisdom 2) An attitude that sets [...]
John Bradshaw
John Bradshaw is one of my biggest heroes, and has personally made a huge difference in my growth and healing… See a list of his many works here. Thanks, John!
Feeling Verbs
Here’s some of the verbs I’ve heard about what we do with our Feelings & Emotions: Get in touch with your feelings Manage your emotions Get a handle on your feelings Get a grip on yourself Calm down Mellow out Chill, take a chill pill Relax and enjoy Take a break Find inner peace Deal [...]
Anger Resources
Healthy Anger: How to Help Children and Teens Manage Their Anger Anger, when properly understood, tells more about wants and needs than about the person or situation that has caused the anger. Getting Control of Your Anger: A Clinically Proven, Three-Step Plan for Getting to the Root of the Problem and Resolving It Robert Allan [...]
Inner Child Work
Here’s a cool way that inner child work, a critical step in healing our feelings, was explained by a therapist in Florida… Inner Child Experiential Psychotherapy builds upon the work of renowned therapists such as John Bradshaw, Virginia Satir, Hal Stone, Milton Erickson, Alice Miller and many others whose efforts focus on the unmet needs [...]
Take Control of your Life (2)
3 Big Questions who am I? — – — – — Heal pain and anger from your past. now what? — – — – — Get a grip on the present. then what? — – — – — Create the future of your choosing. Answer those, and your life is yours.
Depression Help
Help with Depression http://www.depression.com/getting_support.html Mood Gym: Depression help, CBT re: depression, no charge. has characters! http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/ Depression Questionnaire 16 multiple choice questions, no assessment http://www.depression.com/depression_questionnaire.html Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance(formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association )730 North Franklin, Suite 501Chicago, IL 60601-7204Toll-free: (800) 826-3632E-mail: chapters@dbsalliance.org http://www.dbsalliance.org/ National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)Colonial Place [...]
I’d like to Teach the world to Sing (but not in perfect harmony).
I want to teach the world the incredible power of basic Emotional Intelligence skills (EQ skills). Teach people to imagine.to visualize.to plan.to conjure.to ask for.to attract.to believe.to trust.to love. to be open. or not.to feel. or not. to allow.to create.to receive.to give.to play.to laugh.to sing.to dance.to scream.to cry. to emote. honestly, without drama.to make boundaries.to [...]
Emotional Intelligence is the key to Happiness and Success!
If you know what to Expect from yourself, you’re in control. If you have no idea what you’re gonna do next, you’re Out of Control. If you don’t Understand yourself, don’t Know yourself, don’t know what to Expect from yourself, how can you be successful at anything?!? How can anyone count on you? How can [...]
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