Use Your Emotions Rather than Let Your Emotions Use You
Do your emotions interfere with your parenting? Do they keep you from being the calm, loving parent you want to be? Are emotional outbursts all too common in your home?
This course, based on the books Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by Dr. John Gottman, is designed for parents to learn how to use their emotions to reach their goals and help their children do the same.
24 Lessons
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Module One
Emotions are NOT Your Enemy
Know your level of emotional intelligence
Assignment 1 Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment
To establish a baseline to measure your emotional growth
Module Two
Exploring Emotions
Learn about your emotions.
Assignment 2 My Emotions Journal
Identify your emotions, which ones are most frequent and what you can learn from them.
Module Three
Understanding Our Emotions
Identify events and situations that influence your emotions.
Assignment 3 Questions to Ask Myself
Answer specific questions to gain a deeper understanding of your emotions
Module Four
What causes our emotions?
Explain where our emotions originate
Assignment 4 What are my triggers?
Identify events and situations that initiate a knee-jerk reaction
Module Five
Emotional Hijacking
Understand what happens when we have a knee-jerk reaction
Assignment 5 Lessons from an Emotional Hijacking
Determine a plan to avoid future emotional hijackings
Module Six
Taking Out the Trash
Learn to release negative emotions
Assignment 6 Five minute Free Write
Release negative emotions
Module Seven
Motivation
Use the energy of your emotions to motivate yourself
Assignment 7 My Affirmations
Write and use affirmations to motivate yourself.
Module Eight
SMART Goals
Learn how to write effective goals
Assignment 8 My SMART Goals
Write goals using the SMART acronym
Module Nine
Active Listening
Learn the components of active listening
Assignment 9 Active Listening
Practice your active listening skills
Module Ten
Empathy
Learn the components of empathy.
Assignment 10 Empathy Practice
Practice using the tools of empathy
Module Eleven
Applied Emotional Intelligence
Learn how to resolve conflict without contention
Assignment 11 Resolve Conflict with Respect
Apply the steps of resolving conflict with respect
Module Twelve
Emotion Coaching
Learn the steps of emotion coaching
Assignment 12 Emotion Coaching
Assess your progress in using the steps of emotion coaching