452 Quotes About Emotional-intelligence

After years of being taught that the way to deal with painful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn to sit with them instead, finding out from those who feel them what they have learned by sleeping in the wilderness that those who sleep in comfortable houses may never know.

Through the vehicle of our emotions, our mind, body, and spirit are sending signals that something has to shift.

Shame can be an incredible burden, making us feel not good enough no matter what we do. But shame is also the emotion that makes us honorable and kind, and motivates us to constantly improve ourselves.

Emotions influence every action we take. So the more we are aware of our feelings, the more we gain conscious control over our lives.

If you sense the tide of grief welling up in you, treat it like the sacred emotion it is, and honor it. Give yourself time to sink into it, allow it to immobilize you with its weight, and trust that it will flow through you and out - if you let it. Grief truly felt never lasts forever - only grief avoided does.

Just like the cosmic forces of Yin and Yang, anger and shame work together to moderate our ego and keep it balanced.

If your anger tends to go overboard and you find yourself accidentally hurting people with it, you might not be feeling enough shame. Healthy shame is what keeps anger in check.

When anxiety is in balance, it helps us to think ahead to the future, make plans, and get organized.

Our shame becomes toxic when we internalize messages from others that don't serve our health and well-being.