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Bara Sapir, MA, CHt, CNLP, MBSR-T
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Breathing Exercises and Their Health Benefits
The act of inhaling and exhaling is necessary for life and happens without thought, along with many other involuntary functions of the...
Alyssa Poggioli
Mar 1, 20222 min read
Signs You Need More Emotional Resilience and How to Self-Regulate
As children, we are encouraged to ‘be resilient,’ but what does that mean? Resilience is one’s ability to recover quickly from...
Rebecca Hayden
Mar 1, 20225 min read
From Punishment to Compassion: The Journey of Self-Evolution
My healing journey from depression has been a thorough education in emotional intelligence. It opened the door to self-discovery and...
Anna Keil
Mar 1, 20223 min read
The Illusion of “Have-to-dos”
As we enter this world, it seems we are given a list of “have-to-dos” by our parents, our community, and the culture in which we are...
Parisa Ghanbari, MA, | Janine Ilsley, LMSW
Mar 1, 20223 min read
What are the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Neglect?
This is a dual-authored article featuring the insights of Parisa Ghanbari, MA, and Janine Ilsley, LMSW. Neglect in childhood can have...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Feb 23, 20223 min read
The Power of Seeking to Understand: How A Black Man Enlightened Members of the KKK
Photo credit: Jeff Taylor You are about to hear a heroine story of how one boy’s desire to answer a question, “How can you hate me when...
Iqbal Ahmad
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Being Misrepresented?
Before we tackle the misinformation circulating about Social Emotional Learning (SEL), including the allegation that SEL is tied to...
Lauren Buckles
Feb 1, 20226 min read
5 Ways You Can Teach Your Young Children How to Become Mindful and Live in the Present
Mindfulness is becoming a way of life. As I sip my morning coffee, I see meditation in the headlines of mainstream news stations. Local...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Feb 1, 20224 min read
How to Avoid Parenting like Your Parents
Even the best parents have made their share of mistakes and could have handled situations differently. It's part of being human. And...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Steps Leaders Can Take to Help Employees Return to the Office
Remember the chaos of sending or being sent home to work remotely almost two years ago? Who knew that coming back into the office would...
Michael Alcée, Ph.D.
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Self-Compassion: The First Step to Living Your Best Life
In a slim volume entitled The Art of Loving, psychologist Erich Fromm echoed the Buddha when he noted that the root of loving others was...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Feb 1, 20224 min read
8 Forms of Love and the Feelings Associated with Them
Defining “love” can be exceptionally complicated. For a word with so much energy and feeling behind it, we do not use it sparingly....
Lianne Hofer
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The Benefits of Embracing Holistic Leadership and Work/Life
More and more organizations are shifting from a bureaucratic method of leading to a holistic human-centered approach to leadership,...
Tori Stevens
Feb 1, 20225 min read
How to Avoid Entry-Level Mentality: Navigate Your Career with an Emotionally Intelligent Mindset
Most of us were taught that to be successful—i.e., obtain a better title, salary increase, or gain a leadership role—we needed to focus...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Feb 1, 20222 min read
5 Techniques to Override Our Primal Impulse to Defend and Protect our Ego
There are various techniques to lessen the chance of getting into a fiery argument and taking control of our emotions. And while they may...
Bruce Cryer
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Heart-Based Creative Leadership
What if there is an infinite supply of creative energy within each human being waiting to be tapped? At the heart of every human being’s...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Jan 23, 20224 min read
Inside "Twelve and A Half" with Gary Vaynerchuk
One of the most iconic entrepreneur influencers of the 21st century has spoken exclusively to Emotional Intelligence Magazine about his...
Lisa Stryker
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Perfection Blocks Connection
“Let’s run through it again,” she said. “I want it to be perfect.” I was helping an executive prepare to speak to a large group of...
Sri Ram Kumar
Dec 31, 20214 min read
The "4R's": How to Incorporate Self-awareness in Your Communication
Information overload, a problem pre-pandemic, has been exacerbated due to COVID. Among the overwhelming increase of correspondence such...
Vonetta Wade
Dec 31, 20216 min read
Why Self-Awareness is Essential for a Healthy Parent-Child Relationship
Being aware of our relationship with our thoughts, actions, and behaviors is a critical element of Emotional Intelligence. Self-awareness...
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