CDEV051 - Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness

Course Description

With increasing stress in our lives come destructive emotions that can rob us of happiness and contentment. Through mindfulness, we can learn to turn our difficult emotions into our greatest teachers and sources of strength. Deepen the application of emotional intelligence skills by assessing ourselves on six emotional brain styles. Mindfulness strategies will be presented and practiced to help enhance each emotional style and cultivate more harmonious states, characterized by greater calmness and happiness.

Learner Outcomes

• Link mindfulness to emotional intelligence

• Explore the six emotional styles and the underlying brain science 

• Assess your own emotional style profile

• Examine mindfulness practices to leverage your emotional brain styles 

• Practice mindfulness approaches to enhance emotional self-awareness, focus, happiness, and empathy 

• Learn behavioural-based approaches to enhance resilience, optimism, and social awareness