Developing Emotional Intelligence

Understanding Emotional Intelligence

Reducing Stress

Increasing Happiness

Emotional Self-Awareness

Knowing your feelings in the moment

Social Awareness

Emotional Self-Management

Relationship Management

Managing strong feelings

Empathizing accurately with other people's emotions

Handling emotions in relations with skill and harmony

Knowing your emotions

Be mindful of emotions as they are happening

Understand what is causing the emotion

Build a vocab of feelings

Recognize the difference between a feeling and resulting actions

What is stress

any interference that disturbs a person's mental or physical well-being

ongoing stress damages almost every bodily system

unhealthy stress reduction can be damaging

Healthy stress reduction

Choose new behaviors

separate from the external stressor

exercise, get enough sleep, keep finances organized

List and prioritize

Choose new thoughts

Elevate

trust a positive outcome

take a mental vacation

Choose your attitude

Contribution

Gratitude

Engagement

Savoring Pleasures

pleasures increase happiness

increase happiness by engaging in activities

showing kindness to others increases positive emotions

felt as a sense of wonder, thankfulness, and an appreciation of life

savoring is a way to deepen and prolong pleasure

being more grateful can increase happiness

engagement flow states occur from total absorption in an activity