Emotional Intelligence Overlook
What is emotional self-awareness?
The release of cortisol and epinephrine in the brain which leads to an increase in muscle tension, blood pressure, metabolism, heart rate, and breathing.
What is fight or flight?
Effective for anger and sadness, this method involves diverting your attention and engaging in activities unrelated to stressors.
What is distracting oneself?
Starting in 1999, this form of research focuses on the study of happiness.
What is positive psychology?
This strategy involves letting pleasant experiences linger rather than moving on to the next one. Sitting with a beautiful moment or really engaging and taking in all that is around you on a walk, or maybe even taking time at the end of each day to recall good things that happened to you no matter how "small."
What is savoring pleasures?
Component two of emotional intelligence, people with this trait are able to make decisions in consideration of the outcomes they desire and avoid making decisions influenced by their emotions.
What is emotional self-management?
The inhibition of reproduction, growth, digestion, tissue repair, and the function of the system. People with ____ ______ were found to be twice as likely to develop a cold as those with ___ ______. More susceptibility to other physical symptoms such as insomnia and diarrhea are also an effect.
What are the physical symptoms of high stress?
Effective for anger and sadness, this strategy involves writing about one's feelings in order to organize and come to terms with them.
What is journaling?
Being more productive, friendly, likeable, creative, active, healthier, and live longer.
What are the benefits of being happy?
This strategy involves counting blessings and listing out things in your life to be thankful for.
What is gratitude?
Component three of emotional intelligence, people with this trait are empathetic and passionate, able to pick up on the feelings of others and offer support.
What is social awareness?
The hindering of memory, creativity, and concentration.
What are the mental symptoms of high stress?
Effective for when you're feeling overwhelmed, this strategy involves refusing commitment requests such as someone asking you to help them move one day.
What is saying "no"
Our life circumstances play a role in our happiness, this includes things like where we live, what we have, how we look, and more.
What is 10%?
This strategy involves being completely engaged with the activity you are participating in, losing awareness of everything around you.
What is the flow state?
Component four of emotional intelligence, people with this trait are able to pick up AND manage others' emotions. They are good at listening and resolving conflicts within groups.
What is relationship management?
Overworking, smoking, drinking, excessive caffeine consumption, fighting, shopping binges, binge eating, gambling, and binge watching tv.
What are unhealthy stress reduction strategies?
Effective for when you're feeling overwhelmed, angry, and sad, this strategy involves moving your body vigorously to increase the production of endorphins.
What is exercise?
What is 50%
This strategy involves giving back to your community or doing acts of kindness such as volunteering somewhere or picking up trash off the side of the road.
What is contribution?
This is being aware of emotions as they arise, understanding how to name and recognize emotions, and understanding the cause of emotions all without acting on them.
What is knowing your emotions?
Recognizing symptoms of stress and taking action to reduce stress.
What is a Creator mindset?
Particularly effective for when feeling overwhelmed, getting enough of this is crucial to think effectively and manage everything in you life, even your emotions.
What is sleep?
Our choices play a role in our happiness. Making an important choice to meet someone new that will play an important role in your life or discovering a future path you want to go down are examples of the choices we make that can affect our happiness, but only about ___.
What is 40%?
Being aware of one's own strengths and weaknesses, accepting them, understanding what can be changed and what cannot and taking action to change/improve. This requires a severe lack of self-judgement to allow oneself to embrace who they are and create a better version of themselves and their circumstances.
What is self-acceptance?