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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We had been talking about icons, not the things on your desktop but pictures, slices of time, moments that invite you through the portal of time and space into eternity and infinity. An old apple tree planted in a hayfield now being encroached with pine saplings became my symbol for how all generations live
Good, clean humour, to consciously lighten our spirit! EQ Quote of the Day “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” ~ Helen Keller
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Hi everyone, Welcome to the community building corner of the EQ4Peace Newsletter. In this corner, we will explore different concepts related to communities and community building. This past year in dealing with the COVID epidemic, we’ve all been challenged at different times and to different degrees by the isolation. We’ve all been pushed to
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Hello and welcome to taking a deeper dive into Emotional Intelligence practice. My name is Dr. Barbara Fatum and I am a school psychologist who specializes in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and who has been practicing for over 30 years. I am very concerned about children’s well-being as they return to school in the
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The inside scoop on gratitude. Hello everyone and welcome to our very first EQ4Peace Worldwide, Inc. newsletter and a particular warm welcome into our Gratitude Corner. Thank you for joining us – we value and appreciate your presence here. My name is Karen Schaal and I am a doctoral researcher specializing in
Welcome to the MoodBooster part of our newsletter! Every newsletter you will see strategies for how you can “boost” your mood and even help others with their moods. We have choices about the way we feel. We all have times when we feel down, especially with the challenges of the pandemic.
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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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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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