I had to look up the term “authentic communication” because I’d never heard it before. “Effective” yes but not authentic. I like to think of communication in terms of effective…
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EQ & SEL in the News- 2
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…
SEL & EQ in the Classroom
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…
Community Idea of the Week!
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…
MoodBooster Corner
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…
Matt’s Corner
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…
Difference Between EI, EQ & SEL
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…
How EQ & SEL Lead to Peace!
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…
SEL & EQ in the Classroom!
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…
Experiencing Lasting Happiness
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….

Service Above Self
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…
Leading Us into a World at Peace
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 inner peace (self),…