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Why Emotions Matter More Than You Think with Professor Marc Brackett #179

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May 4, 2021

Join Professor Marc Brackett, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, as he dives into the transformative power of emotional literacy. He underscores how our emotions shape creativity, decision-making, and relationships. Discover the RULER approach, a groundbreaking method for understanding and regulating feelings. Marc emphasizes the importance of emotional awareness, especially in parenting, and shares insights on enhancing emotional expression in challenging times. Learn how to foster deeper connections through empathy and understanding!

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INSIGHT

Importance of Emotions

Emotions impact attention, memory, learning, judgment, decision-making, and relationships.
They also influence physical and mental health, creativity, and performance.

ANECDOTE

Childhood Anxiety

Marc Brackett's childhood anxiety from bullying hindered his academic performance.
His fear consumed his attention, making learning difficult.

ANECDOTE

Mood and Grading

A study showed that teachers' moods significantly affected their grading.
They were unaware of this emotional bias, highlighting how emotions influence judgment.

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CAUTION ADVISED: this podcast contains mild swearing and themes of an adult nature.

Today's conversation is all about our emotions and my guest is Professor Marc Brackett, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. He's published over 100 research articles over the course of his career, and has dedicated his life to studying and teaching emotional literacy.

But why are our emotions so important? Marc explains the profound benefits of being better able to express and regulate our emotions on multiple aspects of our lives. Our emotions affect our creativity, learning and problem solving, but also our physical health and our mental health. Yet so many of us struggle to express and regulate our emotions. It's not something that is taught in schools or even modelled by much of society. Marc aims to help change this through his work and research. He has developed something called the ‘RULER’ approach to social and emotional learning, which is used in over 2000 schools across the world and is detailed in his brilliant book, Permission to Feel: Unlock the power of emotions to help yourself and your children.

The ‘RULER’ approach sets out the five underlying skills of emotional intelligence and stands for Recognising, Understanding, Labelling, Expressing and Regulating emotions. The RUL, says Marc, is about our experience – whether of our own emotions or someone else’s. The ER is about what we do with the feelings. And I think it’s an invaluable tool for children and adults alike.

Marc explains why he wants us all to become what he calls ‘emotion scientists’, rather than being ‘emotion judges’, and he wants us all to be able to better understand our own and each other's feelings. This episode is packed with personal insights, practical examples and brilliant tips to put his advice into practice in your life and perhaps that of your children. I hope you find it as useful and meaningful as I did.

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