Do You Know What Caused the Feeling?
If you are angry, have you lost something? Were you insulted? Did someone challenge you? Do you feel accused or simply worthless? Are you hurt, jealous, envious, revengeful, feeling cheated
Continue readingIf you are angry, have you lost something? Were you insulted? Did someone challenge you? Do you feel accused or simply worthless? Are you hurt, jealous, envious, revengeful, feeling cheated
Continue readingWhat is the name for your feeling? It is important that we name our feelings. What we name a feeling determines our perspective and thoughts about that feeling. Calling fear
Continue readingDear friends, Knowing you have been watching all of the news reports about the Texas Hill Country flood, we just wanted to update you, our friends, as to our situation.
Continue readingAs we continue learning about tools for handling our emotions, we move today from awareness to identification. What is the feeling/emotion? Please identify your emotion. Sometimes a detailed analysis is necessary
Continue readingTo find the right tool when diagnosing our emotions and the challenge they present, we need to ask the right questions. We cannot emphasize that principle enough. Asking the wrong
Continue readingIn addition (to knowing our tools), we must learn how to use our tools for building intelligent emotions (emotional intelligence)? It would be laborious to show you all the ways
Continue readingWherever possible, I have chosen to use friendly, open-ended questions that will direct our attention to the root causes of emotional trouble and help us choose the right tool. We
Continue reading“Where are my tools?” yelled the frustrated repairman. Such a situation can be critical because without tools we struggle and can be helpless. In fact, tools for mental tasks are just
Continue readingHaving examined the high EQ challenges of the SP, SJ, and NT, we now address the EQ challenges of the NF. If you are an NF, you know the challenges
Continue readingTwo temperaments down and two to go. To continue, today, let’s look at the calm NT. I say “calm” because that is the NT’s prime emotion and their main emotion
Continue readingIn our previous article, we observed that living in our strengths determines the nature of our emotions (positive if we live in our strengths, and negative if we don’t) and the power
Continue readingLiving in our strengths determines the nature of our emotions (positive if we live in our strengths, and negative if we don’t) and the power to control our emotions, which comes from
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