How do you like to show up in a heated moment? Explosively out-of-control or clear-thinking and decisive? In this episode, we add another layer to our emotional literacy with the language we use and the labels we create. With this understanding, we can calm our triggered brains to create space between stimulus and response –  to choose our actions and show up in a way that aligns with our values. 

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Episode Highlights

• 2:04 – Appetizer: Emotional Triage
• 4:16 – Literacy, Language, & Labels
• 5:14 – The Value of Knowing Our Emotions
• 7:35 – The Science Behind Emotions
• 9:29 – Exercise Self-Compassion
• 10:17 – Next Time

Links Referenced

• “Emotional Agility,” Dr. Susan David
• Boss Yourself First Facebook Page
• Boss Yourself First Instagram

This episode begins the real work of creating emotional awareness and understanding. Learn how to expand your emotional vocabulary and comprehension to speak the language of emotions with greater fluency.

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Episode Highlights

• 2:28 – Developing Our Core
• 3:41 – Emotional Vocabulary & Emotional Granularity
• 4:21 – Defining Emotional Literacy 
• 7:12 – Obstacles to Emotional Literacy
• 7:59 – How to Overcome Obstacles
• 10:28 – Turning on Curiosity & Compassion
• 12:37 – Practicing Emotional Literacy
• 15:36 – Applying Emotional Agility
• 17:35 – Homework (Find in Resources)

Links Referenced

• “Emotional Agility,” Dr. Susan David
• Boss Yourself First Facebook Page
• “The Holiday Armadillo,” Friends
• “The Emotions Thesaurus,” Angela Ackerman
• Boss Yourself First Instagram

This episode continues our preparation for Emotional Agility. We cover the last two principles needed to get down to the business of building emotional nimbleness, flexibility, and balance that are foundations of self-leadership.

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Episode Highlights

• 2:07 – Emotional Agility Recap
• 3:28 – The Second Principle
• 4:18 – Phineas Gage
• 7:06 – Emotions Help Make Decisions
• 8:04 – The Third Principle
• 10:04 – Being Hooked by Our Emotions

Links Referenced

• “Descartes’ Error,” Antonio Damasio
• Case of Phineas Gage
• “Emotional Agility,” Dr. Susan David
• Boss Yourself First Facebook Page
• “Outsmart Your Brain,” Marcia Reynolds
• Boss Yourself First Instagram

The only thing that is certain is uncertainty. That has never been more evident than in the year 2020, and never before have the current generations needed to be nimble in processing our emotions and thoughts to adjust to the constant ripples (and sometimes title waves) this uncertainty generates.  In this first episode, we lay the groundwork to build the self-leadership muscle of emotional agility. 

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  Episode Highlights

• 4:35 – What is Emotional Agility?
• 6:55 – Why is Emotional Agility Important in the Workplace?
• 7:29 – The First Principle
• 9:23 – The Tyranny of Positivity
• 12:03 – “Rigidity in the Face of Complexity is Toxic”
• 13:09 – Why Should We Develop Emotional Agility?
• 15:12 – Disconnecting from Emotions
• 17:12 – Homework (Find in Resources)

Links Referenced

• Viktor E. Frankl Quote
• “Emotional Agility,” Dr. Susan David
• “The One is Massapequa,” Friends
• Boss Yourself First Facebook Page
• Boss Yourself First Instagram