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6 Powerful Questions for Self-Awareness
Check out these 6 Powerful Questions for Self-Awareness. Print it out and hang it where you can see it so you can have reminders about self-awareness throughout the day.
Posted April 23, 2018 by in Life
Enhance Emotional LiteracyRecognize Patterns
Noticing What We’re Feeling as Parents
Josh Freedman and Susan Stillman discuss the importance of being aware of how our emotions influence our perceptions – and how we can use that awareness to be better parents.
Posted April 16, 2018 by in Family
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Are Perceptions More Real than Reality?
Our emotions are based on our perceptions of the world – and we respond accordingly. Josh Freedman shares amazing insight into the neuroscience of emotions and the transformative power of recognizing how we are interpreting the world around us.
Posted March 20, 2018 by in Life
Enhance Emotional LiteracyRecognize Patterns
Plutchik and Naming Emotions Workshop
Josh Freedman, CEO of Six Seconds, created this presentation to explore the neuroscience of naming emotions, and a practical tool to make sense of feelings. A fabulous way to work on the EQ skill of enhancing emotional literacy. Includes the Plutchik Model and an exercise about the purpose of different feelings.
Posted February 19, 2018 by in Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Emotoscope Feeling Chart
Six Seconds’ Emotoscope Feeling Chart lists dozens of emotions, the purpose they serve, and the physical sensations associated with them. An amazing tool for enhancing emotional literacy.
Posted February 16, 2018 by in Business , Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Emotional Theory Comes Alive – Disney’s Inside Out
This video looks at the emotional theory espoused in Disney’s Inside Out. It’s an amazing look at emotion and cognition in the brain, and the ways in which this film has challenged longstanding misconceptions about emotions.
Posted November 30, 2017 by in Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Name That Emotion with Murray!
Let’s play Name That Emotion with Murray from Sesame Street! It’s a game Murray leads where they name the emotions that participants are feeling. A great video related to emotional literacy for kids!
Posted October 5, 2017 by in Education , Family
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8 Basic Emotions
This slide has pictures of the 8 basic emotions with short descriptions of the purpose they serve. A handy, simple tool to have around to help with your emotional literacy, and to remember that all emotions, even challenging ones, are valuable.
Posted June 1, 2017 by in Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Facts About Feelings
This short video from Six Seconds gives a basic overview about what feelings are and what purpose they serve.
Posted May 4, 2017 by in Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
How to Enhance Emotional Literacy
In this short video, Joshua Freedman gives tips on how to enhance your emotional literacy.
Posted March 23, 2017 by in Life
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Inside Out Worksheet
This art exercise from Six Seconds helps you reflect on a challenging situation and how you dealt with it – comparing the way you felt on the inside with what you were showing other people. Insightful and very helpful way to learn tools for navigating emotions.
Posted March 16, 2017 by in Life
Enhance Emotional LiteracyNavigate Emotions
SEL Lesson – Triptych of Thoughts, Feelings and Actions
This art exercise uses the iceberg metaphor to teach students about feelings and learn appropriate, alternative responses to challenging situations
Posted February 21, 2017 by in Education
Enhance Emotional LiteracyNavigate EmotionsSEL