#emotional-intelligence

#emotional-intelligence

If you're feeling a little out of sorts, find out how a meditative practice could help you re-connect your body and mind  
Meditation practice can help bridge the gap between our emotional response to events of the past and the emotions associated with the anticipation of the future - both of which strongly influence our present experience.

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Welcome back to the Pybites podcast.This week we have  Andrew McLeod on the show to talk about mindfulness.We talk about:- Mindfulness as it applies to the tech industry and why it's important to humanise tech.-How mindfulness humanises.-How to be more aware of different parts of the body - as opposed to only thought.-

How can different types of play be a means of developing important lifelong skills for your young child?Turns out, science has discovered that the kind of play traditionally associated with "rough- and- tumble dads", has clear connections with better school achievement, greater impulse control and focus, improved emotional intelligence and even better peer relations.

Inflection AI, launched a chatbot called Pi that claims to have a high level of emotional intelligence.LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Mustafa Suleyman, a founding researcher of Google's DeepMind lab, today (May 2) launched a ChatGPT-like text generator called Pi through their new startup, Inflection AI.

It can be hard to truly listen to other's perspectives, particularly if they are far removed from one's own experience or if they document pain that has been ignored for generations.But so many of society's inequalities result from a failure to listen and empathize with other perspectives.This is an oversimplification, of course, but when people listen - really listen - and empathize, things can improve.

In the foreword to my book, , famed researcher on emotional intelligence, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child Daniel Goleman, writes:

These are hard times for children, and so for parents.There has been a sea change in the nature of childhood over the last decade or two, one that makes it harder for children to learn the basic lessons of the human heart and one that ups the ante for parents who used to pass these lessons on to the children they love.

I won't lie; there are times in my life when I just can't seem to control my temper.There are instances where I lashed out at my loved ones in one of my temper outbursts, but lately, I've noticed that I have gotten better at controlling my anger.Even then, there will always be times when people around you will do something that will make you lose your cool.

The earliest artificial intelligence program was written way back in 1951.But outside of science fiction, AI didn't enter the mainstream conversation until decades later.At Fast Company, we've been covering AI tech for many years, but nothing has compared to the excitement and fear that Open AI and its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has caused since it launched this past November.

Before we go any further, Boston Celtics fans, let's all just take a deep breath.Ok now that we've collected ourselves, let's calmly and rationally reckon with the fact that the Celtics just lost both home games and are now down 2-0 to the Miami Heat, putting them in a box so tight that they might literally have to become Hardwood Houdinis to escape it.

Reader: I don't think I'm in the wrong for wanting to have a yell-free workspace, and I feel I am owed an apology.What do you think?My employer had a massive yelling fit when I said "Take a breath" to them while they were in the middle of a tirade about the election.They told me I had no right to control how they express themselves and that I wouldn't get far in life if I couldn't handle them yelling.

What Does it Mean To Be a Woman? - Annabel Tokun, Croydon High International Women's Day is annually celebrated on the 8th of March globally and was established so women could celebrate the achievements of women throughout history as well as seek gender equality.In modern day, words such as: powerful, fierce, strong-willed and compassionate come to mind.

Divorced men may be comforted by the fact that many women find their mileage to be a virtue, and studies (not just ones conducted by divorced, male scientists) suggest that guys who've been through the matrimony ringer bring many positive traits to the table.And it makes sense.Women, who generally mature faster than men, aren't typically looking for guys who will make rookie mistakes.

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation and abuse that usually occurs in romantic relationships, where one half of the couple mistreats the other.A term coined by psychologists to describe a specific type of abuse, it was inspired by the 1938 play of the same name from director Patrick Hamilton.Several years later, in 1944, the play would be turned into the movie Gaslight, by director George Cukor, starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman, who won an Oscar for the role.

In the place of genuine swear words, parents often look to low-key curse word replacements.Many households might find "screwed" or "crap" harmless and only slightly edgier than other bad word replacements.Other families may not want to explain the concept behind an expression like "screwed" just yet.

Aurora School has been fostering academic strength and problem-solving abilities by putting social-emotional learning (SEL) at the core of its curriculum, since it opened it 1988.And in the wake of a global pandemic, the repercussions of which are just beginning to be understood, SEL skills are more critical than ever.