EQ4Peace believes peace is an activity & a state of mind, not an idleness. Peace is an engagement to be carried out every day in all our interactions. EQ4Peace stands for the certainty that the development of the skills, competencies, and abilities of emotional intelligence, obtained through emotional modeling and education, when put into action, […]
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I love animals. We can learn so much from them. Their different natures and skills sets give us examples scampering, argumentation, playing, singing, industry, laziness, cunning. Years ago my favorite supervisor gave me the job of presenting inclusion and diversity in the classroom. So naturally, I thought teachers need to adapt to the different
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Creating and Sustaining Inner, Social, & Global Peace through Emotional Intelligence (EQ/EI/SEL) The day was hosted by Matt Perelstein, EQ4Peace, on Tuesday April 5th (his birthday!) from 6:00 am until 6:00 pm PST (California time). Eighteen powerful speakers gave us their best information on how to create peace inside and around us. See the links
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The EQ4Peace Story Life Hurts Life can be painful, and frustrating, and (especially lately with Covid), scary, disconnected, depressing, and alone. The mental health of the world is in a critical place, with worsening numbers in domestic violence, child abuse, divorces, and worst of all, suicides (now the #2 leading cause of death in 10-24year
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February 14, 2022 Dear EQ4Peace members, What follows is a summary of a few of my beliefs from a variety of peace writings I’ve read recently. They are my present beliefs in peace and in peaceful ways. These are what I strive to embrace as a way of life. I believe that most EQ4Peace members
My Personal Beliefs about Peace, by Bill Overton, EdD Read More »
Guidelines for Conflict Resolution Taken from Deepa Chopra’s, “Peace is the Path” Show respect for the opposition Recognize perceived injustice Believe in forgiveness Bond on an emotional level No belligerent actions Recognize values that are opposed to yours Don’t pass judgment and make your opponent wrong Don’t talk in terms of ideology Confront underlying factor
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Suggestions for EQ4Peace Clubs A Few Suggestions About How You Can Start and Maintain Your Own EQ Club Goals: The goals of EQ4Peace clubs are as follows: To learn and practice the behaviors of positive EQ & peace To support and continue the priorities and beliefs of EQ4Peace.org To learn how to resolve conflicts of
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Congratulations to our EQ4Peace Ambassadors in Bangladesh for their successful workshop. Reza and Joyonto have taken on the goal of educating students, professors, and administrators in their respective universities, and have recruited Sub-Ambassadors to assist. Here are pictures of the workshop on Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Regulation, 3 February 2022. Presented By, Joyonto Dasgupto Md.
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Strategic Overview EQ4Peace Worldwide, Inc. USA-based non-profit charity, IRS 501(c)(3) EIN: 83-3607189 Current State Many of today’s social problems have been linked to a lack of emotional education. We don’t learn EQ in schools, and we don’t/can’t talk about negative emotions at home, at work or with friends, so most are left uneducated and have
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Travel with Bungi Kargbo as he visits universities and schools in Sierra Leone, speaking with staff and students, to start after-school EQ Clubs. He is sharing that their key to their success is to learn both IQ and EQ. (Jan & April 2022) Then,
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The following are links to EQ4Peace Recommended Resources to learn more about EQ/EI/SEL/PMH/PeaceEd. What is EQ? What is SEL? EQ YouTube videos EQ-101 half-hour trainings Workshop recordings and PowerPoints EQ4Peace EQ4SuicidePrevention EQ4SocialWorkers EQ4Counselling Articles here on EQ4Peace.org Books written by our senior staff. EQ4Life Handbook – Matt Perelstein Bill Overton, EdD Harvey D Barb Deb
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We were having a family dinner. My dad, who was 81 at the time, had broken his back in a skiing accident, he had been in a long recovery and was still feeling poorly. We had a family get-together for Easter and out of the blue, he looked up from his coffee and dessert
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Introduction Vision Statement: A world at peace with all its citizens practicing EQ at home, school and work. Purpose Statement: To educate people everywhere on the skills, language, and attitudes necessary to enable individuals, families, companies, organizations, communities, and nation-states to bring EQ, SEL & PE into practice. Mission Statement – brief: The mission of
EQ4Peace Strategic Plan Read More »
90% of K–12 school district leaders have already invested in social-emotional learning products, or plan to do so over the 2019–2020 school year. Despite consistently significant medical advances and over 100 years of increases (pre-Covids), life expectancy in the USA actually dropped for 3 years in a row. A recent article in Educational
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I have always been interested in the Emotional Intelligence competency of Empathy. Dr. Brene Brown, one of my favorite researchers, has a wonderful quote about Empathy: “Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing
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Hello and I hope you had a lovely summer!! In this issue of the EQ4Peace Newsletter, we are going to present 2 more online video SEL lessons for your use as school opens and the need for the practice of SEL increases in our schools and classrooms. The first lesson this month is
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Hi everyone, First of all, congratulations to all of you teachers, administrators, aides, assistants, office staff, and students who have earned a long-awaited summer break. I realize that some of you will be moving immediately into participating in summer school, summer camps, or summer trips but still you’re deserving of a pat on the back
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You may be wondering why I would start this article with a photo of dogs. First of all, I love dogs, and second of all, the photo relates to a MoodBooster that has really functioned as a “pick me up” to start my day in a positive way. Some of us tend toward being positive
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