Emotional Intelligence Learning
Daniel Goleman discusses how emotional intelligence is a learned and learnable skill that can improve with systematic learning. He also explains how the amygdala plays a role in trauma and how widening the gap between impulse and action is a definition of maturity.In this clip
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232: Daniel Goleman | A Logical Look at Emotional Intelligence
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What is the amygdala's role in processing emotions in the episode 232: Daniel Goleman | A Logical Look at Emotional Intelligence and the clip Emotional Intelligence Learning?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
I have a question about this episode 232: Daniel Goleman | A Logical Look at Emotional Intelligence and this Trauma Triggers. Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that process is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning?