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No Clear Answers

E16 What is Emotional Intelligence and How do you Build it?

Feb 5, 2024
Join Rikki Goldenberg, Justin Mulvaney, and Corey Wilk as they discuss emotional intelligence, its impact, and how to build it. Topics include defining emotional intelligence, recognizing its absence, the balance of too much emotional intelligence, and practical ways to enhance it.
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  • Emotional intelligence can be enhanced through practices like journaling for self-awareness and using tools to expand emotional literacy.
  • Mindfulness practices and building psychological safety in relationships can deepen emotional intelligence individually and in interactions with others.

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Developing Emotional Intelligence Requires Awareness of Emotional Literacy and Regulation

To cultivate emotional intelligence, individuals can engage in practices that enhance emotional awareness, literacy, and regulation. Journaling daily about feelings and experiences can help deepen self-awareness and understanding. Using tools like a feelings wheel or apps that prompt emotional check-ins can improve emotional literacy by expanding vocabulary to describe feelings. Additionally, focusing on physical sensations associated with emotions and allowing them to be felt can aid in regulating and processing emotions effectively.

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