Dharmapunx NYC The Smart Heart: Fascinating New Theoretical Insights Into Emotional Intelligence
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Jan 14, 2026 A rich tour of how emotions guide decisions, contrasting analytical and emotional brain processes. Neural circuits and bodily signals behind feelings are explored. The talk highlights fast, experience-based intuitions versus slow deliberation. Practical tips include noticing quieter feelings, spotting addictive emotional patterns, and using mindfulness of mood to pause and choose wisely.
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Emotions As Fast, Embodied Intelligence
- Emotions are a parallel, fast, embodied intelligence that model internal needs rather than external facts.
- Josh Korda argues the right brain integrates bodily signals and past experience to produce immediate, adaptive feelings.
Left Brain Models Outside, Right Brain Models Inside
- The analytic left brain models the outside world while the emotional right brain models internal bodily states and safety.
- This division explains why gut feelings excel in relational and fast contexts where logic is too slow.
Wait Past The First Intense Feeling
- Pause beyond the first intense feeling to notice quieter emotions that follow or coexist.
- Wait until multiple affects arise before choosing which emotional impulse to follow.