Self-regulation

Early Warning Signs: How to Avoid Being Emotionally Hijacked

Have you ever felt like your emotions were controlling you instead of the other way around? For example, maybe you were having a...

Name-calling: A Sign of Low Emotional Intelligence

It's easy to be dismissive and judgmental when you don't understand someone else's perspective. But when we do this, it's a sign that our...

How to Safely and Effectively Release Strong Emotions

We’ve all been there. A passive-aggressive comment from a co-worker or criticism from leadership gets your blood boiling. Your child’s...

Understanding ADHD and How Emotional Intelligence May Help to Alleviate the Symptoms

What is ADHD? What are the symptoms? ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting...

What Causes Us to Feel Anger?

Anger is a complex emotion that serves several important functions. It is the primary emotion that is frequently triggered when we...

Why Do We Gravitate Towards Negativity?

For many of us, our default is to focus on problems. Even when we receive a flood of accolades, a single negative comment can become the...

How to Release Built-up Emotional Energy

Bottling up our emotions is not only unhealthy; it’s unnatural. Unfortunately, modern society has conditioned us to believe that normal...

What Causes Test Anxiety and How Emotional Intelligence Can Help

If you are a parent whose child suffers from test anxiety, or you are a student who knows firsthand the crippling feelings of overwhelm...

Signs You Need More Emotional Resilience and How to Self-Regulate

As children, we are encouraged to ‘be resilient,’ but what does that mean? Resilience is one’s ability to recover quickly from...