Welcome from our CEO Matt Perelstein, EQDude The world is changing. We had better change with it. The pandemic has been, and continues to be, horribly painful for so many. The most brutal thing we can do to people, emotionally, is to lock them in a room by themselves. It’s called ‘solitary confinement’ […]
What is Emotional Intelligence and Social-Emotional Learning? There seems to be some confusion about the terms that are used to explain the concept of Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability of our brain to effectively blend thoughts and feelings. EI can be improved in each of us. The skills of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
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through mastering the knowledge, skills and competencies of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), & Peace Education (PE). By Bob Ingram *This is Part One of a Two Part Series. Please see the 2nd edition of this newsletter coming out October 1st to read the rest. When my friend Matt Perelstein first
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the EQ4Peace newsletter’s first edition and to the EQ & SEL in the Classroom Corner. It will be our goal to give you information, tips, & activities relevant to the classroom in every edition. My name is Bill Overton, EdD. and I was a classroom teacher for
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There is the common advice we give people, especially when they are going through difficult times with their career or relationship, we tell them to do whatever makes them happy. As soothing as that may sound, it is only partly true and can do more harm than good. As humans, we are wired to connect,
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Information Overload: Creativity depends on having space in your mind to generate associations, connections, and seeds for growing a concept. I think trying to “keep up” with the number of details in the news and tidbits about friends and family is taxing the brain. As an experiment, I have tried to limit the time
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Every feeling begins with an external stimulus, whether it’s what someone said or a physical event. That stimulus generates an unfelt emotion in the brain, which causes the body to produce responsive hormones. These hormones enter the bloodstream and create feelings, sometimes negative and sometimes positive. So, it’s stimuli, then emotions, then hormones, and, finally,
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1- Capacity of resilience 2- Motivation 3- Reasoning 4- Stress Management etc.
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Treat your Neighbor as you would treat yourself. Really??? Now that’s a really bad idea. Do you know what’s going on inside this head? Do you know what’s going on inside your head. I do and most of the time it just not pretty. That voice is a collection of ideas, opinions about one’s self.
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Leading Us into a World at Peace through mastering the knowledge, skills and competencies of Emotional Intelligence (EQ/EI), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), & Peace Education (PE). By Bob Ingram Part Two, see Part One here EQ4Peace’s Mission and Vision Our mission is to create global peace by cultivating inner peace (self), interpersonal peace (others) and
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EQ4Peace.org continues to show its innovative side by continuing to help people achieve the life that they desire. We are keenly aware that life offers sometimes unbelievable challenges that we have to overcome. The COVID pandemic, for one, has been an extremely difficult one to navigate. It still is. Sometimes for a variety of reasons,
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Artful service verses Co-dependence If you happened to be one of the many people who have been raised in families where the needs of one family member demand and absorb most of the resources, time and attention from everyone in the family you might be confused about the difference between artful service and co-dependent behavior
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SEL Legislation Spotlight May 2021 Three states enacted legislation in support of SEL in recent weeks. We’re sharing information about these new acts as well as pending SEL legislation from across the country. IN SB0205—Passed Teacher training On April 22, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law IN SB0205, setting new standards for teacher training
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Rarely have we seen something occur in our world that has had the impact of COVID-19. In many ways, many things have changed, and many things will never return to the way they were before. We’ve seen major changes in the way we socialize, the way we purchase goods, the way we’re entertained, and especially
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The Chill Corner C Lee Guerette Online Portfolio for Lee Guerette at Cognitive yoga One of the most successful strategies used for my study skills class was creating the chill corner. That corner had the ambiance of a living room, instead of a sterile classroom. It was sectioned off on two sides by books
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Leading us into a world at peace through mastering the knowledge, skills and competencies of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), & Peace Education (PE). By Bob Ingram Part Two* *See Part One in the first edition of the newsletter (6/1/21) EQ4Peace’s Mission and Vision Our mission is to create global peace by cultivating
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As humans, our default tendency is to put ourselves first over anyone or anything else. We mostly consider helping others only when are done taking care of our own needs – that even rarely happens because the human appetite tends to be insatiable. We always want more. We want to make more money, buy or
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Text messages are short, offering us very little information to work with. If a text doesn’t say, “I’m angry,” don’t assume that the texter is angry. We are better off reading a text with the assumption that the texter has good intentions. Otherwise, we may end up in a lot of unnecessary arguments. People just
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Have been going through ten- hours session on Emotional Intelligence as a Social Worker. I was touched to do an article to narrow down the relationship which co-exists between Social Work and Emotional Intelligence. As I initially expressed is to accelerate discussions at all levels about the position and contribution of emotions comprehensively, and Emotional
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