Cognitive Reappraisal: How to Control Negative Thoughts
Wouldn’t it be great if you could replace negative thoughts with alternatives that are both positive and true? Well, this is called Cognitive Reappraisal, and there are techniques to help you.
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Overview of Emotional Intelligence
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Program 1: Managing Yourself
Course 4: Emotional Intelligence
Section 3: Applying Emotional Intelligence
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🎬 Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience https://youtu.be/R5OsnCTmB6o
🎬 Cognitive Reappraisal: How to Control Negative Thoughts https://youtu.be/2H3uj-Nih0k
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Cognitive reappraisal is a set of methods for controlling disruptive self-talk, which can lead to improved:
• Mental health
• Life satisfaction
• Heart function
When things feel bad, a part of this results from unhelpful persistent self-talk, which psychologists call ‘rumination’. This can undermine clear thinking and lead us to push away the people who might help us. In Emotional Intelligence terms, this constant unhelpful chatter focuses our attention more and more on the problem. In so doing, it closes off our attention from fixing that problem.
In his book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It (https://geni.us/JCqNBpl), Ethan Kross describes this problem and suggests solutions. Here are six that are easy to apply.
1. Zoom out
2. Distanced Self-talk
3. Reframe physiological responses
4. Revert to familiar rituals
5. Create an orderly environment
6. The power of nature
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📖 Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ
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📖 Working with Emotional Intelligence
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📖 The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership
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📖 Emotional Intelligence: Build Strong Social Skills and Improve Your Relationships
https://geni.us/Xn6BpoK
📖 Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook: Little Exercises for an Intuitive Life
https://geni.us/Ne8Wz
📖 EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence
https://geni.us/XoqvY
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It
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00:00 – Can you replace negative thoughts with positive ones?
00:23 – Cognitive Reappraisal
00:37 – Rumination
01:39 – Chatter: The voice in our head, why it matters
01:56 – Technique 1
02:34 – Technique 2
03:05 – Technique 3
04:31 – Technique 4
05:13 – Technique 5
05:50 – Technique 6
06:44 – To close…
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