Deliberate Thoughts - A Blog

Articles, assessments, stories, & a poem

Awareness - Psalm 16:8

Sue Hurst, a Christian Life Coach specializing in Emotional Intelligence, looks at Psalm 16:8 “I am always aware of the Lord's presence; he is near and nothing can shake me.”

Accurate Self-Assessment

Adults

An EQ Perspective of Romans 8:28

Sue Hurst, a Christian Life Coach specializing in Emotional Intelligence, looks at Romans 8:28 NLT: “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”

Children

Children's Ministry

Volunteers for Better or for Worse

Jenny Lichte, a former teacher and now a Children's Minister, shares ways to handle your To Do list using Emotional Intelligence.

Children

Children's Ministry

EQ and To Do Lists

Jenny Lichte, a former teacher and now a Children's Minister, shares ways to handle your To Do list using Emotional Intelligence.

Children

Emotional Intelligence

EQ in the Classroom

Jenny Lichte, a former teacher and now a Children's Minister, shares ways to increase a child's emotional intelligence skills.

Article

Jenny 2

Fear-based decisions shrink our world.

Resilience & Awareness

Resilience & Self-Awareness: Things you may not know about yourself.

Article

Growth

Cultivating Apathy: A Tool to Tame Fear

Taming the emotions of a fear you've given to the Lord.

Challenge

Article

Growth

Fearless

Fear-based decisions shrink our world.

Resilience

Realistic Optimism

Personal Power

The EQ Skill of Resilience

Resilience is the EQ skill of perseverance and diligence in face of setbacks.

Focus

Accurate Self-Awareness

Impact

A Deliberate Presence

The strong connection between people who choose to be deliberately present and the likelihood of them achieving things that have a powerful impact. When people are intentionally focused, they become more effective.

Which EQ Skills Can Make You Thrive?

What does it take to bloom where you're planted?

Behavioral Self-Control

Integrity

Manners

Emotional Intelligence and Good Manners

Manners are just behaviors we choose. Sometimes the manners we choose are good; sometimes they’re not. Sometimes we choose to have bad manners. In either case, they flow from the EQ skill of behavioral self-control.

Poem

Safe Place

Finding a refuge in painful times.

Assessment

Leadership

EQ Model

The SEI Leadership Assessment

This style of EQ assessment uses a circular model that measures three categories of behavior: knowing yourself, choosing yourself, and giving yourself.

The Social & Emotional Intelligence Profile Assessment

This Social & Emotional Intelligence assessment uses a 4 quadrant model to measure 26 skills.

The Benefits of Using the Brain Talent Assessment

The Brain Talent Assessment measures your top 6 out of 18 capabilities. This allows you to operate from your strengths.

Assessment

Brain Brief

Brain Style

The Brain Brief Profile EQ Assessment

The Brain Brief Profile Emotional Intelligence Assessment Reveals Your Particular Style of Focus, Decision-Making, and Drive. It Can Increase Your Self-Awareness & Your Relationship Awareness.

Personal Power

Perseverance

Joy

Personal Power through Christ: What is it?

Both your strength in Personal Power through Christ and your Accurate Self-Assessment depend heavily on believing what God says about you.

Accurate Self-Assessment

Assets & Limits

Try Accurate Self-Assessment! It Can Prevent a World of Hurt

To look at yourself accurately includes believing what God says about you.

Training in Self-Awareness Can Protect Your Child

Are you doing all you can to protect your child?

Article

Can't We All Get Along? Working Better Together the DISC Way.

In this Everyday EQ Guest Post, DISC trainer Toni Harris Taylor notes that both Emotional Intelligence and DISC begin from a foundation of awareness. While Toni uses the DISC assessment to help her clients understand personalities, my EQ assessments help my clients increase skills and behaviors. You need both.

Research

Work EQ

Impact

What Research Says About Emotional Intelligence in the Work Place

Training Adults in EQ Skills: A look at the results of four different studies in various industries.

Research

Well-being

Happiness

Research: How Being Strong in EQ Positively Impacts Our Sense of Wellbeing

People skilled in living and expressing positive emotions are more likely to produce success in life regardless of whether success is “measured as a satisfying marriage, a larger salary, or better health...” (Fredrickson, 2009)

Research

Health Benefits

Research on the Health Benefits of Building Strong Emotional Intelligence Skills

Research suggests that the emotional intelligence skill of self-regard (one’s ability to understand and accept oneself) is the strongest predictor of health.

Intentionality

Behavioral Self-Control

Do You Know Where You're Going? The EQ Skill of Intentionality

Intentionality is an emotional intelligence skill where thinking and acting are done deliberately and with purpose.

Games

Exercise

Emotional Intelligence

Building Social & Emotional Intelligence with Emotion Cards

Playing games with Emotion Cards can build skills in emotional intelligence.

Choices

Integrity

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is Deliberately Choosing

Emotional Intelligence is deliberately choosing our behavior and our actions.

Initiative

Bias for Action

The Emotional Intelligence Competency of Initiative and a Bias for Action

Being skilled in the EQ attribute of Initiative & Bias for Action means having the readiness to act on opportunities.

Self-Awareness

Behavioral Self-Control

Time Out for the EQ Skill of Self-Awareness

How self-awareness can improve behavioral self-control.

Emotional Intelligence

Breathing Buddies

Breathing Buddies: An EQ Exercise for Building Focus

A shimmery pink guppy is used in an exercise which helps two and three-year-old children focus.

Emotional Intelligence

EQ Training

How Do I Increase My Social & Emotional Intelligence?

There are several things you can do, if you want to increase your Social & Emotional Intelligence. The list below is laid out with the strategies that have been proven most effective first.

Emotional Intelligence

Assessments

EQ Assessments: Yes or No?

Do I need to take an assessment to improve my Social and Emotional intelligence?

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