Emotional Intelligence: Improving Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, and Empathy

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Emotional intelligence is considered an essential trait for everything from being a desirable romantic partner to having a successful career. But what do we really mean when we say “emotional intelligence,” and how can we become emotionally intelligent over time? In today’s episode Dr. Rick and Forrest discuss what’s “in” emotional intelligence, balancing emotional closeness and distance, and how we can become more self-aware, emotionally regulated, and empathic. You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:40: What’s emotional intelligence? 4:25: Curiosity, care, and rational vs. emotional decision making 9:30: The five domains of emotional intelligence 11:30: Courage 18:40: Competence, capacity, and application 23:40: Anger, and discerning wants and needs 25:25: Self-awareness 30:20: The stories we are drawn to 33:20: Empathy 44:40: Self-regulation 48:50: Widening the space 51:45: The feelings beneath the feelings 53:00: Feeling overwhelmed, boundaries, and differentiation 1:01:10: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Factor delivers fresh, never-frozen, fully prepared meals right to your door. Head to factormeals.com/beingwell50 and use code beingwell50 to get 50% off. Zocdoc helps you find expert doctors and medical professionals that specialize in the care you need, and deliver the type of experience you want. Head to zocdoc.com/being and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Finally get that project off the ground with Squarespace! Head to squarespace.com/beingwell for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch use coupon code BEINGWELL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hansen.
0:10.5	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening to Die.
0:13.1	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:15.6	If you listen to podcasts like ours, you're probably familiar with emotional intelligence.
0:20.1	We refer to it pretty regularly here and it's often listed as an essential trait for
0:25.2	everything from being a desirable romantic partner to having a successful career.
0:30.5	But just knowing that emotional intelligence is a good thing isn't very helpful and when
0:34.9	people talking about it, emotional intelligence is often presented in a way that is both
0:38.9	extremely broad and kind of vague.
0:42.6	So what do we really mean when we say emotional intelligence?
0:47.2	And how can we become more emotionally intelligent over time?
0:50.9	That's what we're going to be focusing on today.
0:53.1	To help me do that, I'm joined by Dr. Rick Hansen, Rick is a clinical psychologist,
0:56.9	the best-selling author, and he's also my dad.
0:59.6	So dad, how are you doing today?
1:01.2	I'm really good.
1:03.0	It's easy for people to feel kind of overwhelmed whenever they face what can feel like a big
1:08.4	task, like becoming more emotionally intelligent.
1:12.0	And even if you understand what emotional intelligence is, it can feel kind of imposing, right?
1:16.0	Or vague and conceptual.
1:17.8	And the best way to learn anything, kind of the meta commentary we're doing during this
1:21.4	episode, is that the best way to learn something that feels overwhelming is just by breaking
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