EQ EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
Hope is on the Horizon! Learn how increasing emotional intelligence can help you think clearly, manage emotions, and improve creativity and overall life satisfaction.
Learning How to Manage Your Emotions the Healthy Way!
- NEIL NEDLEY, MD .
The EQ program is sponsored by the Pacific Judicial Council which is working in conjunction with the three branches of your local government.
EQ COMMUNITY OUTREACH INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE
What does EQ mean and how does it work? EQ stands for emotional quotient. Some people call it emotional intelligence. Just the way “IQ” or "intelligence quotient" refers to a person’s ability to reason and solve problems, “EQ” refers to a person’s ability to manage their emotions. There are five basic components of EQ: 1) Knowing my emotions 2) Managing my emotions 3) Recognizing emotions in others 4) Managing relationships 5) Motivating myself to achieve my goals What does EQ mean and how does it work? EQ allows you to control how you feel and teaches you how you can change your thinking and your feelings.
Your thoughts greatly affect your EQ. Negative, confused thoughts almost always contain lies. While the thoughts appear true on the surface, they are actually twisted and wrong. To begin improving your EQ and making lasting changes, you will have to consider the words you are using and the thoughts you are thinking. The good news is that straightening out your thinking can improve moods, personal relationships, and life in general. What are the benefits of having a higher EQ? People with a high EQ understand their emotions and feelings and can express, control, and manage them. They usually understand the feelings and thoughts of others, and more easily understand a group and how they fit into it. They are willing to delay their personal happiness if they know it will help others. Those with a high EQ also are more likely to motivate themselves to achieve goals and maintain a positive but realistic attitude. As a result, they are often promoted more quickly than those with a higher IQ (Intelligence Quotient). Why should EQ matter to me? Having a high EQ means you are in control of your emotions and thoughts! It also means that you have the power to make wise decisions, develop quality relationships, advance in the workplace, make better grades, break violent or abusive cycles, end addictions, and build a healthy community.
How will having a higher EQ impact my relationships? Having a higher EQ will strengthen your relationships. A higher EQ means we are more sensitive to the changes and needs in our relationships – both in ourselves and with others. Can children learn EQ too? Yes! Children can learn how to identify and understand their emotions and put them into words. As they learn more about their emotions and the emotions of children around them, they can be taught how to let their emotions be based on helpful and true thinking that can help them to voice their needs, understand their power to change how they feel, and learn how to be stronger mentally. Children learn EQ from their parents and teachers, so it is a community effort to teach children how to be emotionally intelligent. Would it be difficult for me to increase my EQ? The word “emotion” is in three of the five components of EQ. If you take the “e” away from the word “emotion” you get “motion,” which is related to motivation (we need motivation to begin, focus, and continue goal-oriented behavior). Motivation, which has everything to do with EQ, is also a key factor to success and achievement. As long as you’re a willing student, you can increase your EQ. Education gives you tools, and practice helps you make the tools your own. If you use the tools, you will increase your EQ! What are some things I can do to increase my EQ? * Shut off the TV * Take a walk * Be sure to sleep 7-9 hours. * Write down something you’re grateful for each day * Think about your thoughts * Identify 3 emotions you feel each day * Learn about cognitive distortions (thoughts that are not true) and how to correct them * Practice kindness * Eat lots of healthy foods * Eat or do things that make your brain happy and healthy (Avoid betelnut, drugs, alcohol, sugar, etc.). How often should I practice these principles? You’ll practice these principles at different times throughout each day. Give yourself 20 weeks of practicing these principles to notice a change in how you feel and think. After 20 weeks, you will have made many new, healthy habits from the principles of improving EQ.