Stompcast Pt 1: What Actually is Emotional Intelligence? | Professor Marc Brackett
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Dec 1, 2025 
In this discussion, Marc Brackett, an award-winning researcher and director at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, shares his journey into emotional literacy. He explores the five core skills of emotional intelligence and how they can help us achieve our goals. Marc emphasizes that emotional intelligence is about skillful regulation, not indulgence. He also addresses the challenges educators face in teaching these skills and the misconceptions surrounding emotional education. Plus, he introduces his RULER framework, a practical guide for understanding and managing emotions.
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From Trauma To Emotional Education
- Marc Brackett turned childhood trauma into a career teaching emotions after an uncle taught him to name and sit with feelings.
- That early support led him to co-create curricula and pursue graduate training in emotional intelligence.
Hostile Teacher Reveals Resistance
- Marc recounts a hostile London teacher who stood up and declared it's not her job to talk about feelings.
- The resistance highlighted how embedding emotional skills into schools can be a significant challenge.
Teach Emotions As Practical Skills
- Schools should teach emotional skills as practical tools, not therapy, to help students manage stress and achieve goals.
- Teachers and parents can frame this as skill-building for resilience, not emotional indulgence.
