Posts Tagged ‘emotional management’
Emotional Management, My Inner Brat and Hurricane Irma
This is a real story about emotional management, and in some cases, the lack thereof. It’s been a little over a week since Irma first hit the Florida Keys, and nearly as long since we were impacted here in Tampa Bay. The power was down in the area where we live, and after sticking out…
Read MoreI Hear Voices…
“There’s this little voice in my head,” as I’ve heard many clients state over the years. Are they having auditory hallucinations? No, they’re simply describing a series of negative thoughts that create negative emotions. And this all gets in the way of taking the healthiest course of action. There’s an epidemic of these little voices…
Read MoreManage YOU First: Be Creatively Expressive, or Risk Becoming Destructively Depressive and Excessive
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.” ~ Plato Bad news: We are in the midst of more worldwide depression than we’ve…
Read MoreCommunication 101: Emotionally Intelligent Communication Strategies and Tactics to Save Time, Money and Energy
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” ~John Wooden Shifting into a more emotionally intelligent communication style may seem like it’ll take more time, but in reality it will save time (hence the above quote). Misunderstandings, misinterpretations and faulty assumptions lead to ineffective and…
Read MoreDon’t Blame the Wind: Taking Response-Ability in Life
When I was in my early teens I was a bit of an athlete. Other than one very infamous year of Little League, it was mostly just playing football, baseball and basketball with the neighborhood kids. I was never very big or fast, but my mom said I was “graceful” and I guess that meant…
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