emotional intelligence
Yufa and
emotional intelligence
To avoid self-examination is to numb ourselves into present pleasure to avoid pain – a meaningless life.
A leading indicator of personal growth is how curious you are able to be with all your emotions - especially the ones you weren't allowed to feel as a kid.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
You’re allowed to figure out what emotions you’re feeling in broadly the same way you would with anyone else, which is by paying attention to what you’re actually doing. If you’re behaving in an angry way, maybe you’re actually angry.
David R. MacIver • Labelling Feelings 101
One of the things that happens as boys are growing up is they learn about a very restrictive version of masculinity, a list of things that you’re not allowed to do or say. Particularly around emotions: You’re allowed to be angry, and you might be able to cry if something’s really bad — like a sports team you’re on loses a really important game, or... See more
Keren Landman • How to talk to boys so they grow into better men
There is an effective middle ground where anger can be leveraged to make positive change. When anger’s heat burns brightest is the time to make plans
How to make your anger work for you
Anger can be motivating if you step back to analyze it
Blaming and complaining are mixtures of genuine grief and defensive anger.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.com