self-monitoring skills

An Evidence Based Tool To Boost Your Emotional Intelligence

– Posted in: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology

You’ve read a book on emotional intelligence or you’ve attended a workshop and you liked it. You realize that these competencies and skills can help you move forward in your career, be a more effective leader, make better decisions and develop stronger interpersonal relationships. So what’s next? What is the best way to learn and [...]

What happens to your brain when you “flip your lid”?

– Posted in: Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Positive Psychology

Dr. Siegel has a unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts exciting and easy to understand and here he is explaining that “flip”. Dr. Siegel is currently clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and the founding co-director [...]

What Do Meditation and Emotional Intelligence Have in Common?

– Posted in: Emotional Intelligence, Life Balance, Mindfulness

Meditation can help you enhance your emotional intelligence, especially your self- awareness, which is the foundation of EI. Meditation was developed within the framework of religions in the past, but nowadays meditation practices have been taken out of the religious context and their benefits are available to everyone. So how does meditation work? Ever wondered [...]