What is emotional intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand how your moods and emotions work—especially the difficult ones…
- Do you ever find yourself feeling irritable or anxious for no particular reason?
- Do you often get defensive and frustrated during difficult conversations and have a hard time calming down?
- Maybe you get stuck in spirals of negative self-talk and self-judgment?
We all experience difficult moods and emotions sometimes. But if you want to be able to work through them in a healthy and effective way, it pays to take some time to learn about them—to learn about your own mind.
As your emotional intelligence improves, you’ll find qualities like peace of mind, self-awareness, and confidence aren’t far behind.
If you’re interested in learning more about emotional intelligence and improving your emotional fitness, these articles are a good place to start:
- The Case for Emotional Fitness
- The Secret Life of Anger
- Why You Should Make Time to Be Sad on Purpose
- How to Be Grumpy
- Self-Sabotage: Why You Do It and How to Stop
- 4 Things Emotionally Intelligent People Don’t Do
- There’s No Self-Improvement without Self-Compassion
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