E90: Emotional Intelligence and Addiction: Everything You Need To Know

Emotional intelligence (or "EQ") is the ability to perceive, interpret, demonstrate, control, evaluate, and use emotions. Described this way, it's easy to see the link between emotional intelligence and addiction. Dealing with challenging emotions is the number one cause of relapse, and for many of us who struggle with addictive behaviors, we never developed the skillset necessary to cope with these emotions in healthy ways.

We've invited Nick (The People DisPleaser); Mike, founder of Sober Press, and sober author Ginelle to share what they've learned about emotional intelligence. Anyone who is actively in recovery from addiction knows they need to develop their EQ. Listen to this podcast episode all about the value of emotional intelligence, and how to develop the skills and mindset necessary to stop the emotional struggle.

In this episode:

• Learning to recognize feelings and emotions
• How Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown helped us learn to name emotions
• Using somatic exercises to develop intuition, aligning the heart and the mind
• Finding the courage to learn and practice vulnerability
• The value of talking to others, either in the recovery community or in counseling
• Kindness and honesty as emotional skills
• How our natural reactions evolve over time
• Recognizing the physiological and emotional value of crying
• Learning to allow feelings to be exactly what they are
• How feelings and emotions are influenced by others
• the 5 parts of emotional intelligence

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This week’s podcast guests are:

Nick, the People DisPleaser

Mike, creator of SoberPress

Ginelle, author of Make a Home Out of You

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