Emotion (e-motion) is energy to move. It’s intended to help us deal with threats and get what we want and need. At some point, everyone generates a dysfunctional amount of emotion. That means: more than is necessary or helpful more than we want to have more than we know what to do with a type […]
Emotions are universal and as humans we are all One in how we feel things. So I drew this group hug, to express my love to everyone out there who is going through any situation in life, to say I ‘Feel’ them.
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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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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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’
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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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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Editor: Deborah Havert (A quick look at creative strategies for improving your mood.) Is it Time for a MoodBooster? Anytime is Time for a MoodBooster! 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
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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), interpersonal peace (others) and social peace (communities) through emotional education (EQ) – worldwide. We envision a world at peace with all its citizens practicing
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