Academic Research- Emotion Regulation, Social Anxiety and Your Family

These slides summarize recent academic research into emotion regulation, social anxiety and the family. Do poor emotion regulation techniques cause social anxiety, and if so, would one or both of these be passed on from mother to child? Read the notes for descriptions.

Posted May 3, 2016 by in Family

Feeling-Wisdom-Chart

Posted September 8, 2015 by Susan in Business , Education

Daniel Beaty Knock Knock

This is an amazing performance and a theme that will touch many of us irrespective of race and culture. While my father was never locked away, I can certainly relate to the feeling of needing to imagine a father who would say the things I needed to hear. Great for a workshop on fatherhood, but […]

Posted September 1, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Family , Life

Smile & Hat

This video illustrates the “problem of the iceberg” with over-focus on the behavior-side without consistency between what’s inside and what’s outside. It’s very funny, but in a tounge-and-cheek way which won’t be appropriate for all audiences. Thanks to Tessy Britton for finding this one!

Posted September 1, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Life

White Paper: Emotional Contagion

Emotions serve to focus our attention on aspects of the world that help us thrive. They provide information about our interior world and about our relationships. For this survival function to operate optimally, we are highly sensitive to emotional signals in the environment. One person’s emotions are affected by others’. This effect is called “Emotional […]

Posted September 1, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Life

Emotional Contagion “Subway” video

Emotional contagion can be linked to Enhance Emotional Literacy (understanding the way emotions work), Increase Empathy (understanding how people might feel the way they do) and Apply Consequential Thinking (evaluate the effects of choice about feelings). Sometimes this is called “infectious” (as in PUFI). Important for… leaders, teachers, parents to understand their impact customer service […]

Posted September 1, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Life

Feeling-Wisdom-Chart

Emotions serve to direct our attention and motivate us. This chart depicts the wisdom behind our feelings and helps us to decode them.

Posted August 7, 2015 by Susan

Shaheen Jafargholi Got Talent

This is a fab video of a young man (12) Navigating Emotions to show incredible resilience and optimism. He starts to sing and the judge stops him saying “you’ve got this all wrong” (ouch!) Stop video here and ask people how they’d be feeling? What patterns might you fall into now? Then continue to show […]

Posted August 5, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Life

Vid: Sarah Jones TED

This is a very funny and touching video where comedienne Sarah Jones presents a whole panel discussion — her fictional characters come speak to the TED audience. These women (actually all her) each speak with such an individual but connected voice about life and change and hope. It would be outstanding for body language, empathy, […]

Posted July 31, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Life

Star Wars – I’ve Got a Bad Feeling…

I found this on google video – apparently in each Star Wars movie someone says, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this….” Someone edited those all together. I’ve used it as a funny way to introduce the idea that our feelings give us insight into what’s going on around us… we need to pay attention […]

Posted July 31, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Business , Education , Family , Life

Basic Emotions

Decoding Feelings by Joshua Freedman, Draft – Oct 18, 2008 Every emotion is a message. It’s tough to decode the info, especially because we often have multiple, paradoxical, and layered feelings at once. One key is to identify thebasic “categories” of feelings at any given time. Every emotion has value and helps people survive and […]

Posted July 30, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Business , Education , Life

Being a Leader Worth Following

In this article Josh explores the need for “true leaders” – people worth following – and the role emotions and emotional intelligence play in that capacity.

Posted July 30, 2015 by Tommaso Procicchiani in Business