Emotional intelligence

We now know that emotions are sensations within the body that enable us to deal with the different emotion-provoking situations that we encounter: Fear helps us to tread more carefully or to avoid certain situations, anxiety draws attention to what needs to be done and can make you work harder to pass that interview or […]

We now know that children’s ability to manage their emotions affects their behavior and their learning outcomes. We also know that environments in which they feel safe to express their emotions and to build their emotional intelligence help promote greater academic, social and psychological outcomes. All the available research on the development of children’s emotional […]

Being in a relationship with an emotionally unavailable person means having to constantly struggle to deal with an evasive partner. We all know that getting an avoidant partner to open up about his or her feelings can feel like a Herculean task. But emotional unavailability is more than just having a problem navigating one’s emotions. […]

I sit and watch the mama seated two seats away from me struggle to keep her daughter calm. She seems to want more candy. I see her whisper, but I don’t hear what she says. It doesn’t seem to have worked because her daughter keeps speaking. Then she starts crying, and the crying quickly turns […]

The only reason your physician asks about your symptoms is because he cannot help you, if he doesn’t know where your pain and discomfort is coming from. But being able to identify all your symptoms does not mean that the treatment proposed will work the first time, or the second, or ever! Even when patients […]