To Ease Anxiety, Boost Your EQ—with Brittney Connor-Savarda - EP097
Episode description
Are you feeling anxious this holiday season? Have you taken the time to explore WHY you feel this way?
If you’re going into family get-togethers with a sense of dread, practicing emotional intelligence (also referred to as emotional quotient or EQ) can help you stay in control when family members criticize your choices and approach difficult conversations from a place of empathy.
Brittney Connor-Savarda is the emotional intelligence expert behind The Catalyst for Change, a coaching practice that helps high-achieving entrepreneurs and executive leaders remove the obstacles that are getting in the way of their personal fulfillment. She is also the host of Living and Leading with Emotional Intelligence and the author of The EQ Deficiency: How Emotional Intelligence and Compassion Can Cure an Emotional Pandemic, Solve Our People Problems and Be a Catalyst for Positive Change.
On this episode of Destined to Be, Brittney joins us to explain how a lack of emotional intelligence is at the root of the problems we face and offer strategies for developing our personal EQ. She explores what to do if your partner’s standard for 100% is significantly different from your own, discussing why it’s crucial to approach difficult conversations with a sincere desire to understand and correct yourself immediately when you say something you regret. Listen in for Brittney’s insight on finding fulfillment inside yourself and learn how to navigate holiday anxiety with compassion for yourself and your family.
Key TakeawaysHow a lack of emotional intelligence is at the root of the problems we face
The strategies for developing EQ outlined in Brittney’s book
How Brittney defines emotional intelligence as the awareness and management of our feelings
The self-compassion and patience it takes to examine our own emotions
Brittney’s work coaching parents and caregivers to model EQ for children
Brittney’s advice for those of us going into the holidays with anxiety
How to set boundaries with critical family members and navigate the guilt of not being able to please everyone
How to identify the NEED behind the emotion you’re feeling/receiving
Why it’s crucial to approach difficult conversations with a sincere desire to understand
Why Brittney suggests correcting yourself immediately when you say something you shouldn’t have
How emotional intelligence can help us mitigate disturbing thoughts
What to do if your partner’s standard for 100% is significantly different from yours
Why fulfillment has to come from inside yourself, not external factors
Connect with BrittneyLiving & Leading with Emotional Intelligence Podcast
Connect with Jeremiah & MalloryLevel Up Entourage Facebook Group
ResourcesBrittney on Destined to Be EP061
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence