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Respond Calmly, Don’t React Emotionally

Master Your Emotions: There will be moments in life when someone says something that hurts you, challenges you, disappoints you or makes you angry. Your first instinct may be to react. You want to defend yourself. You want to prove your point. You want to say something back. You want the other person to understand …

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Accepting Them, Don’t Avoid Them

Master Your Emotions: One of the most important steps in mastering your emotions is learning to accept them rather than avoid them. We all experience emotions we would rather not feel. Anger. Sadness. Fear. Disappointment. Jealousy. Loneliness. Guilt. Shame. Hurt. Sometimes our instinct is to push these emotions away. We distract ourselves. We keep busy. …

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Delaying Your Response and Thinking Clearly

Master Your Emotions: There is a powerful moment that exists between what happens and what you do next. It may only last a few seconds. But those seconds can change everything. Someone says something that hurts you. You receive a message that makes you angry. Someone disappoints you. You feel criticised, rejected, disrespected or misunderstood. …

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Writing Down Your Thoughts First

Master Your Emotions: When emotions become intense, one of the most powerful things you can do is write your thoughts down before you act on them. When you are angry, hurt, disappointed, afraid or overwhelmed, your mind can become crowded with thoughts. You may want to send the message immediately. You may want to confront …

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Focusing on the Facts, Not the Feelings

Master Your Emotions: One of the most important skills you can develop in emotional intelligence is learning to separate what happened from how you feel about what happened. This sounds simple. But it can completely change the way you respond to life. We often believe that our emotions are telling us the truth about a …

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Step Away From Heated Moments

Master Your Emotions: There are moments in life when a conversation becomes heated, emotions rise, voices change, and suddenly two people who may care deeply about each other are no longer trying to understand one another. They are trying to win. They are defending themselves. They are attacking. They are reacting. In those moments, one …

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Name Your Feelings, Understand Your Emotions

Master Your Emotions: One of the first steps towards emotional mastery is learning to name what you feel. It sounds simple, but it can be surprisingly difficult. Many people know they are not feeling well, but they struggle to identify exactly what is happening inside them. They might say, “I’m fine,” while feeling hurt. They …