Gratitude: why it’s a good idea
What do you feel grateful for today? We may feel instinctively that gratitude as part of our mindset will be good for us, but there’s also a wealth of research that confirms that experiencing gratitude…
Gratitude: why it’s a good idea
Tag Archive: wellbeing
You and your Character Strengths
If you’re interested in building up your strengths – you and your character strengths that is – please read on! These strengths – amongst them Fairness, Forgiveness, Courage, Self-regulation, Perseverance, Kindness, Love, Hope, Leadership, Bravery…
How to establish rapport
I included this quote/pic of Maya Angelou in a session I ran recently on emotional intelligence (EQ), in relation to how to establish rapport. One of the key components of EQ as you’re no doubt…
We live in our own worlds
With reference to creating and living in our own worlds, I’d like to share a few ideas and suggestions on managing our emotions, and as a result making the most of ourselves. I delivered a…
Unhooking – ‘defusing’ – from our thoughts
The four areas are of course linked, and one area can lead to another – if we think negatively for example, we can feel overly irritable and gloomy, become tired physically, and behave in a…
‘Developing emotional intelligence’ (interview)
Here are four extracts/video clips on developing emotional intelligence from an interview with Marc Kirby, undertaken in late November 2020
Getting on with others using emotional intelligence
I wanted to cover here how getting on with others, and fostering healthy relationships, will contribute to our wellbeing. In this context, being emotionally intelligent will help us to tune in to ourselves and others…