Are you being laid off or furloughed? In these stressful times an event such as this can feel like you’ve reached the bottom. It can feel easy to just let go and give in to negative thoughts and feelings at this time. Stop right now! There are a few simple things you can do to […]
Myth #1. Talking about your emotions is a weakness, or at best, useless: FALSE. Verbalizing emotions is very beneficial for learning about them, and figuring out how to regulate them. By using words to “label” emotions, we make it easier to transfer the processing of our emotions from the “alert center” (the amygdala) to our […]
You may think that one of the most important things for a person’s success in life is intellectual ability, for example, as measured by IQ. However, research has shown that a better predictor of being successful in life is a person’s emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence covers two areas: understanding emotions, and regulating emotions – managing […]
