by joieseldon | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence
People are often surprised when I say that love is not an emotion. Love is believed by many to be a force of nature. I don’t disagree (though I call it something else.) I believe that force is instrumental in the attraction we feel for someone and in everything...
by joieseldon | Sep 5, 2019 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.” Brené Brown One of...
by joieseldon | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence
As I write this, it is November 6th, election day in the US. It is hours before the results will be in. Even though you will know the results by the time you read this, I want to ask the question “what’s next?” before I know how things turn out. Whether...
by joieseldon | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence
There is a fundamental aspect of being human that everyone on the planet shares regardless of age, gender, nationality, education, income, status or culture – we all have emotions. Emotion is our universal language. But if you’re not fluent in it, you might as well be...