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Mind Your Emotional Intelligence

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From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience Library What do 90 percent of high achievers have in common? That visual and audio information enters the brain through the limbic system (the brain’s emotion factory), where it picks up emotional energy. It may surprise you, but it’s not high IQ. It’s high EI, or emotional intelligence.

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Mind Your Emotional Intelligence

CONCERN: EAP

From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience Library What do 90 percent of high achievers have in common? That visual and audio information enters the brain through the limbic system (the brain’s emotion factory), where it picks up emotional energy. It may surprise you, but it’s not high IQ. It’s high EI, or emotional intelligence.

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Exercise: Good for the Body, Good for the Brain

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From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience LibraryIn popular culture, the term “muscle head” gets applied to people who seem to be more about the physical than the mental. As if lifting heavy objects and doing heavy thinking had to be mutually exclusive.It Now, it looks like we can add improved memory and cognitive function to the list.

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Mind Your Emotional Intelligence

CONCERN: EAP

From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience Library What do 90 percent of high achievers have in common? That visual and audio information enters the brain through the limbic system (the brain’s emotion factory), where it picks up emotional energy. It may surprise you, but it’s not high IQ. It’s high EI, or emotional intelligence.

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Learning How to Forgive and Let Go. The Power in Putting the Past Behind.

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From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience LibraryHolding Grudges, Holding TensionForgiveness has been a staple of positive psychology for a long time. The popular proverb, “To err is human; to forgive, divine,” has roots in a poem written by Alexander Pope way back in 1711.

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Exercise: Good for the Body, Good for the Brain

CONCERN: EAP

From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience LibraryIn popular culture, the term “muscle head” gets applied to people who seem to be more about the physical than the mental. As if lifting heavy objects and doing heavy thinking had to be mutually exclusive.It Now, it looks like we can add improved memory and cognitive function to the list.

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An Anytime, Anywhere Relaxation Technique

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From the CONCERN: EAP Resilience Library Ah, relaxation. Conversely, relaxation has been shown to promote heart health, a stronger immune system and a clearer mind. It can provide a needed break from stress and anxiety, and yet at the same time thinking about it can touch off those very same feelings.