Tag: anxiety

  • Emotional intelligence

    Does that title even make sense? It’s like two opposite words put together. We would like to think we humans are rational logical thinking animals; but pause and think, doesn’t everything start with a tiny seed called emotion?

    Emotional intelligence is something we all are wired with. Some are highly sensitive to it while others not as much. Thus emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and understand emotions. Firstly your own and then those of others. Using this level of awareness to manage behavior and outcomes makes navigating life easier.

    Self awareness ie , motivation, regulation for self. Others Empathy and social skills with others

    As a first step it may just help to identify what triggers this emotion in me? Is it an event, a situation or a person? Is there a pattern or common identifier which I can then start pre-empting.

    The second essential question to know is what emotions do I feel? Am I able to give it the right title or I tend to label everything as stress.

    Pause. Reflect. Act.