Long-Term Training of Your Mind
As we discussed in two previous articles, there are four tools we should employ to harness our runaway emotions and gain high EQ. Those tools, to reiterate, are breathing, applying
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How Your Mind Tool Achieves EQ
Achieving a high EQ (which requires controlling runaway emotions), as we have discussed, requires implementing some helpful tools. Previously, we have discussed two of these tools: breathing and applying your
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Your Brakes Are Emotional Control Tool #2
When a vehicle is moving at a speed or in a direction that we do not want, we can stop it by applying the brakes. The runaway train of emotions
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Essential Tools to Control Runaway Emotions
Now that we’ve completed the essential preparatory steps, it’s time to name and discuss the essential tools we need to control runaway emotions. We’ve prepared by gaining knowledge of our
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How the Temperaments Handle Runaway Emotions
Runaway emotions are not respecters of which temperament we happen to be. Each temperament handles or mishandles runaway emotions with different goals, pressures, and methods. The cool, calm NT is not
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Tools to Control Runaway Emotions
Tantrums at all ages? Parents often don’t know what to do when a child throws a tantrum and won’t stop. The emotions are in charge, of course, and sometimes even
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Do You See the Opportunities in Your Stress?
Ask yourself, “Do I see the opportunities in my stresses? The SP sees every present moment as an opportunity. What a wonderful stress repellent. The NT, who is typically lost
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Questions Lead Us to the Tools to Manage Stress
In our quest to find helpful tools to manage emotions of stress, our first step is to ask questions of ourselves about our relationship to stress itself. We’ll address some
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Tools for Managing the Emotions of Stress
Stress tests our emotional intelligence (or unintelligence). It acts as a trigger for our emotions and asks, “How are you going to handle this?” Stress is not the problem. How
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Who’s In Charge — Reason or Emotion?
Determining whether to give first place to reason or emotions is tricky at times. Emotions can be right because first impressions, which are their forte, are often right. Reason can
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What Was the Trigger of the Cause of Your Emotion?
Discovering the trigger of the cause of your emotion will help you save yourself from repeating the event. The trigger is not always the cause. Stress can be a trigger,
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Do You Know What Caused the Feeling?
If you are angry, have you lost something? Were you insulted? Did someone challenge you? Do you feel accused or simply worthless? Are you hurt, jealous, envious, revengeful, feeling cheated
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