Mmm. Brace yourself for a more involved post than usual….. During my very first encounter with two educational psychologists, many…
Category: emotional literacy
Shame
Shame is an odd emotion in that we nearly all feel it but it is rarely mentioned as an emotion.…
Tools for Interacting with Children to Increase their Emotional Intelligence
There are lots of activities you can do with children to promote the development of emotional intelligence and if you…
Emotion Scavenger Hunt!
Emotion Scavenger Hunt An activity for parents to do with their children at home is an emotion scavenger hunt. (It…
Changes in Perspective (to help with lingering unenjoyable emotions)
Not all emotional responses give us a clear message or call to action. This is because emotions triggered now are…
Emotional Intelligence and Self-awareness
How might you respond when…. Now I know you’re going to say, ‘it depends’ because of course it does. It…
To be truly open-minded, you need emotional intelligence.
Supposing I said to you any or all of the following – what would your reaction be to each of…
Disappointment
Disappointment can sometimes be quite a powerful feeling. It’s an uncomfortable emotion that can feel like a concoction of frustration,…
Enduring Uncomfortable Emotions
As I delve deeper and deeper into reflecting upon and understanding emotions, one message keeps appearing: some of us have…
Gratitude
It’s quite well understood that our brains have a negativity bias. We evolved it to survive. In our hunter-gathering days,…
Coping strategies for emotions
Increasing emotionally intelligence is about noticing your emotions more: the pinnacle of which is noticing them in the moment they…
Increasing emotion vocabulary
Research has shown that increasing emotion vocabulary increases emotional intelligence. It makes sense that if you have more words to…