EUGANGS Community SafetyInterpersonal Communication

Emotional Intelligence

Aims of the session

You will:• understand some brain functions as they

relate to emotional intelligence (EI)

• experience the co-constructive approach to the Eugangs programme

Session overview

• You will speculate on what happens in the brain when we get angry / anxious

• You will then receive information from research on Emotional Intelligence to develop your understanding of these processes

• Revisit original answer in light of what you have learned

Three questions

1/ What happens in our brain when we fly off the handle?

2/ What happens in our brain when we stop ourselves from flying off the handle?

3/Why has the brain evolved in such a way that we fly off the handle in the first place?

Making sense of EI diagrams

• Look at the diagrams

• What do you make of them?

• What are they telling you about how the brain works?

Key brain areas related to EI

• Watch this presentation by Daniel Goleman, who will explain how the brain functions when we get angry / anxious

• Make notes - particularly when he mentions the brain parts you have seen in the diagrams

What answers can we give now?

1/ What happens in our brain when we fly off the handle?

2/ What happens in our brain when we stop ourselves from flying off the handle?

3/Why has the brain evolved in such a way that we fly off the handle in the first place?

Implications

1/ What does what you have learned mean for how you work?

2/ Does it back up what you already do in your work and in relationships?