Emotional Intelligence: Can It Be Taught?

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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What is emotional intelligence, exactly? Is it the yin to IQ's yang? Is it equally crucial to our success and well-being? In this episode we talk about what EQ (or EI, depending on who you're asking) actually means, why it matters, and whether it can be taught to both adults and kids. We discuss: The four core components of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship skills (plus what's been taken off the list) Why emotional intelligence is morally neutral Why neurodivergent kids may experience emotional intelligence differently Practical ways to help kids build emotional intelligence Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Suzanne Ross for The Explainer: What is emotional intelligence and why do you need it? Crystal Ott for Ohio University Extension: What is Emotional Intelligence? Daniel Goleman on LinkedIn: The Four Domains of Emotional Intelligence Adam Grant for Medium: The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence Peg Rosen for Understood.org: Emotional intelligence: What it means for kids Brigham Young University: Study visually captures hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women University of Cambridge Judge Business School: The psychologist who reminds us that emotions affect our working lives Find all of our guests' books, as well as books we personally recommend: https://bookshop.org/shop/whatfreshhellcast What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ooh, my amygdala is hijacked.
0:04.6	What fresh hell.
0:06.3	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
0:08.5	I don't see that as being part of my journey today.
0:11.2	With Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.
0:13.9	Make sure you're motivated.
0:15.0	Like, you know, no thanks.
0:16.4	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas.
0:19.4	So you don't have to.
0:21.0	That person is a serial killer.
0:22.4	We have to stop having them over for dinner.
0:31.6	Hello, everyone, and welcome to what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood.
0:34.9	This is Margaret.
0:36.0	And this is Amy.
0:36.8	Today we're talking about
0:37.8	emotional intelligence. What is it exactly? Can you learn it or are you just born with it? Is it really
0:45.1	a counterpart to IQ? What are we really talking about? Yeah. I'm very interested to hear what you have to say.
0:50.3	I have a lot of thoughts, but I'm going to respond rather than just jumping it. I have a friend who sometimes says,
0:55.8	do you know anything about like Peru? And I'm like, no. And he's like, hmm, do you want to talk about it anyway?
1:01.5	So I'm going to try not to do the thing where I'm like, here's everything I think about it before you give me any facts.
1:08.1	I enjoy the podcast if books could kill. Yes. And they have a funny thing where
1:12.2	they talk about sort of airport books, which probably emotional intelligence would be one of them.
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