Blog - Joie Seldon, M.A. https://joieseldon.com/blog/ Life Coach and Emotional Intelligence Master Educator. Teaches you how to integrate mind, body and spirit to function at a high level and increase your joy and fulfillment. Professional development for career success. Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:51:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://joieseldon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Flavicon-82x82.png Blog - Joie Seldon, M.A. https://joieseldon.com/blog/ 32 32 81070158 Ho Ho Ho, Boo Hoo Hoo Dealing With Mixed Feelings at Holiday Time https://joieseldon.com/2021/12/14/ho-ho-ho-boo-hoo-hoo-dealing-with-mixed-feelings-at-holiday-time/ https://joieseldon.com/2021/12/14/ho-ho-ho-boo-hoo-hoo-dealing-with-mixed-feelings-at-holiday-time/#respond Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:59:55 +0000 https://joieseldon.com/?p=2587 Are you getting ready for the holidays? This can be a fabulous time of year. The general mood is one of goodwill and celebration, where family and friends come together with loving feelings. It is also a spiritual time. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Hajj (the great pilgrimage to Mecca), and the winter solstice are all […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2021/12/14/ho-ho-ho-boo-hoo-hoo-dealing-with-mixed-feelings-at-holiday-time/feed/ 0 2587 Emotional Agility – A Skill For Our Times https://joieseldon.com/2021/06/01/emotional-agility-a-skill-for-our-times/ https://joieseldon.com/2021/06/01/emotional-agility-a-skill-for-our-times/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:31:37 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1431 The post Emotional Agility – A Skill For Our Times appeared first on Joie Seldon, M.A..

]]> https://joieseldon.com/2021/06/01/emotional-agility-a-skill-for-our-times/feed/ 0 1431 Staying Tuned In Without Going Crazy https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/27/staying-tuned-in-without-going-crazy/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/27/staying-tuned-in-without-going-crazy/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:36:16 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1425 Healthy Detachment Diane worked for a venture capital firm with a highly toxic environment. Over time her health was seriously affected. She realized that she needed to step back and stop getting worked up over things she had no control over. That’s when she began thinking about how she was going to leave the company. One […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/27/staying-tuned-in-without-going-crazy/feed/ 0 1425 Fear, Masks and Leadership https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/15/fear-masks-and-leadership/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/15/fear-masks-and-leadership/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 21:59:22 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1411 FEAR I have long said that if I had to teach about only one emotion it would be FEAR. In its unadulterated form, fear’s function is to save your life and keep you from harm. We need fear to survive. Given the complexity of the human mind, the closest we can get to pure emotion […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/10/15/fear-masks-and-leadership/feed/ 1 1411 Fingers Crossed? There’s a Better Way to Cope https://joieseldon.com/2020/09/29/fingers-crossed-theres-a-better-way-to-cope/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/09/29/fingers-crossed-theres-a-better-way-to-cope/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:43:09 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1404 You are smart enough to know that keeping your fingers crossed won’t elect your preferred candidate, get you that job or promotion or make the world safer. Yet, we can be at a loss as to what to do, or even be overwhelmed by all the options for coping. This week I watched a couple […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/09/29/fingers-crossed-theres-a-better-way-to-cope/feed/ 0 1404 Ask Joie: Anxious Sibling is Exhausting Me https://joieseldon.com/2020/04/16/ask-joie-anxious-sibling-is-exhausting-me/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/04/16/ask-joie-anxious-sibling-is-exhausting-me/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:14:23 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1372 How to Communicate with Relatives You’re Sheltering in Place With Note: All identifying information, such as gender, have been changed. This week I received a question on Ask Joie from someone living in quarantine with an adult sibling who gets very anxious about the state of affairs and becomes negative and overwhelmed. Yet, when they […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/04/16/ask-joie-anxious-sibling-is-exhausting-me/feed/ 0 1372 Top Skills Needed for a Successful 2020 https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/27/top-skills-needed-for-a-successful-2020/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/27/top-skills-needed-for-a-successful-2020/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:52:02 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1345 If you’re looking to grow your professional skills I came across an interesting article in Forbes that may give you some direction as to what to work on: The 10+ Most Important Job Skills Every Company Will Be Looking For in 2020. Of course, Emotional Intelligence is one of them. But what struck me was […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/27/top-skills-needed-for-a-successful-2020/feed/ 1 1345 Love Is Not an Emotion . . . Wait, what?! https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/13/love-is-not-an-emotion-wait-what/ https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/13/love-is-not-an-emotion-wait-what/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:43:38 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1336 People are often surprised when I say that love is not an emotion. Love is believed by many to be a force of nature. I don’t disagree (though I call it something else.) I believe that force is instrumental in the attraction we feel for someone and in everything that we care about. But it […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2020/02/13/love-is-not-an-emotion-wait-what/feed/ 0 1336 Emotions at Thanksgiving https://joieseldon.com/2019/11/26/emotions-at-thanksgiving/ https://joieseldon.com/2019/11/26/emotions-at-thanksgiving/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:53:38 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=1288 Thanksgiving Time. Nostalgia is in the air. It is a holiday that brings up a lot of feelings – be it joy, love, gratitude, resentment, sorrow, or loneliness. Nothing evokes mixed feelings like family. Sitting at a table with those with opposite political views, a history of conflict, or that bore you to death is […]

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]]> https://joieseldon.com/2019/11/26/emotions-at-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 1288 Befriending Your Fear https://joieseldon.com/2019/10/28/befriending-your-fear/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:30:36 +0000 http://joieseldon.com/?p=47 “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Redmoon Fear is a mistrusted and unappreciated emotion in modern society. It is something to be conquered or avoided at all costs. If you cannot keep from feeling fear, for God’s sake, don’t let it show, […]

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