emotional intelligence
Yufa and
emotional intelligence
a big theme from opening sessions at @bowmansschool is the importance of paying attention to your feelings
a few people have said they don't have access to them, so i thought i'd write a few quick notes on hacks i've used as a formerly severely dissociated person:
brooke bowmanx.com
(including yourself)
When we feel stressed, anxious, irritated, or angry, one of the things that happens to the mind is that it shrinks down and zooms in on the challenge at hand—the stressful moment, the emotion we don’t want to feel. There’s a researcher, Andrew Huberman at Stanford, who calls this “the soda straw view” of the mind. This is the view of stress. When
... See moreNate Klemp • A 12-Minute Meditation to Widen Your Perspective
the core skill of emotional literacy is paying attention to feelings in order to determine what emotions you are currently experiencing.
David R. MacIver • Labelling Feelings 101
Harris says we need to dispel the myth that emotional intelligence is a soft skill, she says EQ is a strength because it takes strength to master oneself, and to humble yourself enough to see another person’s perspective.