Are You Emotionally Intelligent? 10 Things Not to Do
Almost Adulting with Violet Benson
Violet Benson
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week, Violetta shares the hilarity of being dumped by someone she didn’t even know she was dating and catching the gaze of a hot (but very taken) actor. She also dives into her DMs to give one of you advice on why your partner might be obsessing over your wild past—and spoiler: it’s all about their insecurities, not you.
The episode wraps with 10 Things Emotionally Intelligent People Don’t Do. From managing emotions and embracing fear as growth to building trust and navigating happiness, Violetta breaks down how emotionally aware people thrive without letting their feelings take the wheel. Tune in to learn how to master emotional resilience and live your best, most balanced life.
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| 0:00.0 | We all fear that our feelings are too big, especially in the moment when we're actually having them. |
| 0:06.0 | We were taught not to be too loving because then we'll get hurt, too smart because then we'll get bullied, |
| 0:11.0 | too fearful because then we're too vulnerable, to be compliant with what other people want us to feel. |
| 0:17.0 | As kids, we were punished for crying out if our emotional experience wasn't in accordance with our parents' convenience. No wonder we still respond to feel. As kids, we were punished for crying out if our emotional experience wasn't in accordance |
| 0:22.0 | with our parents' convenience. No wonder we still respond the same way we do as adults. The point |
| 0:27.3 | is that you aren't the one who is afraid of feeling too much. It's the people who called you |
| 0:31.7 | crazy and dramatic and wrong. The people who don't know how to handle it, who want you to stay |
| 0:37.1 | exactly where you are. Those are the, who want you to stay exactly where you are. |
| 0:38.8 | Those are the people who want you to keep not feeling, not you. |
| 0:42.9 | It's file events and your favorite meme queen and the big sis you didn't ask for, but |
| 0:47.0 | see-up. Welcome to almost-adulting. |
| 0:55.9 | Are you ready? |
| 1:00.8 | So I got dumped last week by a man I didn't even know I was eating. |
| 1:02.7 | So that's new. |
| 1:05.0 | He just said he thinks we're better off his friends. |
| 1:09.8 | Granted, we went on a couple of dates and we kissed here and there, but I also kissed my girlfriends when I drink. |
| 1:12.3 | So that was news to me, but I figured, you know what, even though it made me laugh, I was so confused by the text, |
| 1:18.7 | I said, maybe this man needs this. Maybe he needs this for a little ego boost before he goes to |
| 1:24.7 | Vegas, for a little pick-me- up to feel good by himself so i didn't |
| 1:28.7 | want to rain on this parade so i just went along with then i just said sounds good works for me |
| 1:34.3 | it's literally what i said and the thing is it's not that i ever pretend to not care i genuinely just |
| 1:40.2 | don't care because it's really not that deep and what are you even talking about my dude? |
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