Navigating The Rise

This week we explored what it means to have strong emotional intelligence.  People usually associate emotional intelligence in how well we can read and understand other people.  Valerie gave her perspective in developing a strong foundation for emotional intelligence, and that begins with the self instead with others.  After all, how can we say we know about someone else when we don't even know about ourselves.  Additionally, we also explored how the people we don't like can be potentially what we don't like about ourselves.  Valerie mentioned how she was a hypnotherapist to get people to get over their fears and blockages.  Many times, it results from the lack of awareness and acknowledgement of the situation.  How many times have you noticed where you ignore the facts because you refused to acknowledge the situation? We also explored many ways to respond appropriately where we control our response as opposed being reactive.  Some ways include letting the emotion out a