Hi guys, welcome to the Wabi-Sabi podcast, episode number 73.

C-C.

She's going to be our little co-host today.

Today we're going to be talking about emotional triggers and how we can better relieve,

soothe, self-soothe and take care of ourselves. And by doing so, we take responsibility for

our actions and we understand more about ourselves through emotional intelligence. If you

don't know the proper definition of emotional intelligence, I will go through it with you today and we can go through exercises that are really important to us.

It's been a ride.

I'll say that this has been quite a year.

One thing that we all know that we can learn more about is ourselves and how we can better handle ourselves before we go out there and try to tell others how to live their life.

Or say you're judging others or you're living with certain expectations in your life.

Emotional intelligence or EQ really is the ability to understand, use and manage your own emotions

in positive ways, or it's your ability to read others' emotions in positive ways to relieve stress,

to communicate effectively, how to empathize with others, and how to overcome challenges

and diffuse conflict. When I was in college, I studied interpersonal and organizational

communications. So I went a little bit of the extra mile to study journalism. I went to Long Beach State, and then I went to Santa Monica City for

extra classes. And then later down the line, I studied while I was working under the editors

at Men's Health and Men's Journal, particularly on how to better communicate to our audience

effectively with integrity, moral integrity, and fact-checking severely. I worked with many

doctors. I worked with many nutritionists, many professional trained athletes or trainers,

whether it was health or wellness or just recipes, travel culture. I made sure to always go to the source first, and that was the best

and actually the easiest way to get information to others. But when we are living in our modern

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