How to Survive Christmas? The Results of the Survey Are InWritten by Susan Dunn, MA, cEQc, The Emotional Intelligence Coach™
The results of EIS International Survey are in, and way ahead of pack is … “Make sure to laugh at least 5 times a day.”Choices in poll conducted through “EQ and You” eZine, included: ·Take a vacation this time of year ·Review my Emotional Intelligence competencies and use them ·I finished all my shopping in November ·Have a home-decorating party and let guests help us ·Get extra sleep and exercise, take vitamins, get a flu shot ·My mother-in-law keeps kids for a week when school gets out ·Breathe deeply … often 25% of respondents chose “breathe deeply … often.” 17% chose extra health tips. 8% check in with their Emotional Intelligence competencies and use them, and a whopping 50% say they make sure to laugh at least 5 times a day. THE BEST CURE We know benefits of laughter, but sometimes we forget – that we need it most when it might not be top thing on our minds. Short of a real crisis or tragedy, there’s not much that can’t be cured by a good laugh.
| | What's the Cure for the Blues?Written by Susan Dunn, MA, cEQc, The EQ Coach™
It’s good to know cure for blues this time of year, and also cure for stress. Often they become one and same and if there’s one time of year they rear their ugly head, it’s holidays. “Water” and “air” appear to be two of solutions. We are spirits in corporeal world, we mustn’t forget, and solution to our “problems” involving nourishing that vessel. WATER Ko Ko Taylor is singin’ blues. It seems her man has done her wrong. Some other woman Is making love Some other woman makin’ love to you Somebody bring me some water I’m burning up alive My baby got another lover Don’t know how I’ll survive Somebody bring me some water! So water is cure for blues. AIR Subscribers to my eZine were recently polled as to what helped them get through frenzy of Christmas. They were given many choices, including “Using my Emotional Intelligence skills,” which first person chose. I think that was student who knew what teacher wanted to hear. The results of poll however have been a neck-and-neck race involving another basic element: air. Tied for first-place are “Laughing at least 3x a day” and “Breathing. Deeply.”
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