Ways to Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence
Camp Kupugani is our sleepaway Midwest summer camp, located close to both Chicago, IL and Madison, WI. Our mission is to help our campers become the best versions of themselves. This article from Barking Up The Wrong Tree discusses ways to maximize emotional intelligence. Check out our takeaways below and/or read the full article here.
- More Than A Feeling
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- Don’t take good feelings for granted.
- Don’t shy away from “scary” or “bad” feelings.
- Feelings have an impact on your health.
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- Recognize
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- Check-in with yourself often.
- Connect it to something you already do.
- Start small
- Shoot for twice a day, one at lunch and one at the end of the day
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- Understand
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- It’s all about the word “why”.
- Don’t judge yourself in the question
- No right or wrong answers (seriously)
- After a while, you will see connections.
- This can result in “self-authorship”.
- It’s all about the word “why”.
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- Label
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- “Putting a label to it” shifts where it settles in our brains.
- Expand your emotional vocab, i.e. “ecstatic,” “joyous”.
- When you start naming it, you can start finding “cures”.
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- Express
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- “Stuffing” emotions cause fatigue and flare-ups.
- Be mindful of to whom and/or when you express”.
- Have a person with whom you can talk
- That person should be a welcoming listener
- “Where” is key
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- Regulate
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- Use positive self-talk in the third person.
- Reframe the negative situation.
- Pause, take a breath, and come back to the task/issue/situation.
Source Article: https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2020/01/emotional-intelligence/