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Emotional Intelligence...... And I Am Not Talking About In The Workforce

2/8/2023

"Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) is the ability to identify, and regulate ones emotions, and to understand the emotions of others".

Most of the time, emotional intelligence is referred to the ability to build relationships, defuse conflict, reduce team stress and improve job satisfaction.

But, I am not talking about E.I. in the workforce.......I am talking about we can use E.I. in learning how to "do death differently".

Emotions guide us throughout our lives, but they especially do so when we are engaging with end-of-life matters.

Understanding the "5 pillars of emotional intelligence" may give you a deeper understanding of just how powerful E.I. is when we apply to both life, and death experiences.

The 5 Pillars of Emotional Intelligence In End-of-Life (EOL) Transformations:

Self Awareness - the ability to recognize one's emotions and emotional triggers and how these affect thoughts and behaviors when thinking or being in EOL situations.
Self Management - not letting emotions get the better of you and take you away from the death, dying or grief experiences.

Motivation - understanding your emotions may be powerful, yet motivated to keep the focus on the dying, and not to create additional chaos or unnecessary suffering for those involved.
Empathy - *this is a biggie, and such an important skill to bring to EOL experiences. Empathy is the ability to not only understand, but also to share the feelings of another, by imagining oneself in that of another persons situation, all while being able to bring love and compassion.
Relationships - ability to create trust and respect with those also in this journey, it might be family, friends, medical staff, opinions of others etc. The goal is to keep the focus on the needs of the dying.

One's ability to bring emotional intelligence through end-of-life experiences will help to improve and transform the powerful feelings that accompany our reality with death, dying and grief.

Experience the power of EOL E.I. Contact Dee Dee

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Life, End-of-Life and Emotional Intelligence

2/8/2023

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What is your life goal?

To improve your well being?
To stimulate intellectual growth?
To engage with new experiences with curiosity?

If so, what if you chose to focus your life's-goal energy to developing a deeper understanding of how emotional intelligence effects your reactions to life experiences?

Would you find that you experience life differently?
Would you respond, versus react, to small and big life events?

Tips to improving emotional intelligence throughout your life and end-of-life experiences:

Understanding and identifying your emotions, help to not feel as if you are a victim to them, even when situations are difficult.
Feel your feelings, but do so in healthy and constructive ways.
Expressing emotions is normal, but connecting them to inappropriate behaviors, is not. We do have a choice with our emotions, we just get to learn tools that help with empathy and compassion.
Emotional intelligence allows us to engage in tough conversations, around such topics as end-of-life matters.
Understanding that emotions can steer us towards making decisions that are not in the best interest of the dying.
Bringing awareness to our, and others, emotions is paramount in being able to have constructive conversations without personalities getting involved.
Emotional intelligence creates space to process end-of-life information and to recalibrate our emotions to align with the needs of the dying

End-of-life E.I. can be tricky and it's important to be guided through the varying nuances of emotions and death, dying and grief.

Contact me to find out more about how emotional intelligence can transform your life.

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