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Emotional Hygiene Techniques

Emotional hygiene techniques are daily practices that help our bodies return to an emotional base level faster....
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How To Handle Your Emotions

You can handle your emotions - any emotion - with a simple 4-step process. Anyone can learn and practise it in...
Self-awareness. Tune in for Success

Self-Awareness – The Why, What and How

Emotional Intelligence is the second most important skill-set for success, no matter how you define success....
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About the Mind

How come you react in ways you don't like? Why is thinking new thoughts difficult? And what can you do about it?...
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Actions vs Reactions

Do you act or react most of the time? We like to think that we are in charge of our actions because we are taught...
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About Worry

Our brains are often referred to as problem-solving mechanisms. We have a brilliant system in place that allows...
Limiting Beliefs

Limiting Beliefs

Limiting beliefs are thoughts that hold us back. Every thought we think triggers an emotion. Over time, repetition turns the thought into a belief. You might also call it a truth or a fact, meaning an idea you do not question. The same thought triggers the same...

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Emotions Create Reality

Emotions Create Reality

Our emotions influence how we see the world and other people, what we notice, remember and think. They create our reality by giving meaning to every event we experience. With extreme emotions, like fear, we are often aware of this effect. When I had anxiety, every...

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About Crying

About Crying

Crying is an expression of strong emotions. We can burst into tears when we feel hopeless or sad but also when we are overcome with joy. It lessens stress and pain. Shedding tears is also a very special skill because we are literally born with it. Unlike other...

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Habits for Life

Habits for Life

Habits, routines and automatic actions take up most of our time. They do not just shape our lives. They are our lives. First we learn these new habits, then we practise them until they become so automatic, sometimes we don't even see them as habits anymore, like...

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How Emotions and Feelings Become Habits

How Emotions and Feelings Become Habits

You are driving your car and need to change lanes. Do you have to think about signaling, checking the mirrors and maybe changing gear? I bet your movements flow so smoothly you hardly notice them at all. Why? Because after enough repetition the act became automatic....

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About Fear

About Fear

Fear is nothing to be afraid of. It is an emotion. One of the strongest emotions we have because it keeps us safe. But what exactly happens when we are afraid? Why are so many people more scared every day? And what can we do to minimise the consequences of fear?...

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Negativity Bias

Negativity Bias

Ever wondered why it is so difficult to stay positive these days no matter how many resolutions you make? It's not you. It's them. Our societies have a decided negativity bias. The day started well. I jumped out of bed, hummed a tune in the bathroom and danced while I...

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About Stress

About Stress

Stress has been called anything from a "silent killer" to useful. There are books, courses, research papers and a lot of blog posts on the topic. So why am I adding to the pile? Because looking at stress from the angle of emotions might help you cope with it better....

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Am I Too Emotional?

Am I Too Emotional?

Do you think of yourself as "too emotional"? Just occasionally or is it how you introduce yourself at parties? Have others labelled you with those words and now you're trying your best not to live up to them? Is there even such a thing as being too emotional? And why...

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About Triggers

About Triggers

Triggers are events that set off an emotion. This process is perfectly normal. Emotions are part of our biochemistry and are supposed to make our lives easier. When bad habits and traumatic events hijack the system though, events turn into triggers that make us feel...

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The Power of EI Skills

The Power of EI Skills

EI Skills are superpowers. Our emotions influence the decisions we make, what kind of day we are having and even our health. They trigger our actions and can make our lives either easy or very difficult. Have you ever missed out on a fun party because you felt too sad...

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About Anger

About Anger

Most people would call anger a negative emotion. Maybe even a dangerous one. Anger can be overwhelming, scary and unhealthy if you experience it too often. There's nothing good about it, is there? At best, it's a waste of energy, right? Allow me to disagree. "I am a...

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