Motivation and Values Can Match Your Way Forward Through Emotional Agility

The book Emotional Agility by Susan David is an awesome read for parents. She cuts through our frenetic world and really gets into the inborn jungle inside of us where it is really easy to get lost in our powerful emotions.  She takes the whole idea of 'getting out of your own way' to a new level of understanding. 

Her ideas hit home as she points out that a person with emotional agility can be in the moment and behave in ways that match what they want and what they believe in.  When I think about the countless times in my life I have reacted to events in my life because of my emotions, I settle to think how things might have gone differently if I had acted out of a sense of my core values and desires.

Her work motivates me to continue to make new discoveries about my series of 'Emotatude' books where the main character Dr. Kich a famous ‘Emotatude’ doctor helps children understand their emotions. This character explores feelings as concrete beings that lie deep inside all of us. He has provided an invaluable service to children and adults everywhere who struggle with ways to explain just how they feel and what they are feeling.

When I think about Crandle the latest character in book 5 who experienced conniption fits, I hope that the window into his fictional world will help real children act out of a sense of their core values and desires as Crandle has.  I invite any readers with ideas for new Emotatudes to contact me at Karenwporter.com to let me know how we can explore new worlds where emotions are there for us in their native raw state, not needing to be conquered, but understood.

Emotional Agility

Just when I thought I was really "in touch" emotionally,  I have been awakened to the idea that there is more for me to discover about emotion.  I took the free quiz Susan David has provided to promote her new book, Emotional Agility.   I now realize I want to train myself to come to my inner world -  thoughts, emotions, experiences and self-stories - with courage, compassion and curiosity. So often I let my emotions get in my way.  This book looks like it will give us insight into how to learn from our emotions.  This is my mantra in writing my Emotatude series.  I want to be so skilled at feeling that I will be able to spring back from any emotional devastation I feel and evaluate the situations I face with a clear mind.  I want to always be able to move forward with values and purpose. This book " a critical skillset that helps you make real changes in your life, both
at work and at home." It has a four-part process to help you make these changes that are
"organized into those four parts: Showing Up, Stepping Out, Walking Your Why, and Moving On."
 I am going to give it a try and let you know how it goes.  Perhaps I will have tips for coping with our Bejeebers, Heebiejeebies, Conniptions, Cases of Grief and more.

Emotional Agility

Just when I thought I was really "in touch" emotionally,  I have been awakened to the idea that there is more for me to discover about emotion.  I took the free quiz Susan David has provided to promote her new book, Emotional Agility.   I now realize I want to train myself to come to my inner world -  thoughts, emotions, experiences and self-stories - with courage, compassion and curiosity. So often I let my emotions get in my way.  This book looks like it will give us insight into how to learn from our emotions.  This is my mantra in writing my Emotatude series.  I want to be so skilled at feeling that I will be able to spring back from any emotional devastation I feel and evaluate the situations I face with a clear mind.  I want to always be able to move forward with values and purpose. This book " a critical skillset that helps you make real changes in your life, both
at work and at home." It has a four-part process to help you make these changes that are
"organized into those four parts: Showing Up, Stepping Out, Walking Your Why, and Moving On."
 I am going to give it a try and let you know how it goes.  Perhaps I will have tips for coping with our Bejeebers, Heebiejeebies, Conniptions, Cases of Grief and more.

Crazy Cranky Crandle Could Quit His Conniptions!

Poor Crandle got himself expelled from school because he was not capable of self regulation.  He was incapable of managing his impulse control as well as his distressing feelings.  It is hard to work on our emotional centers at the same time as our brain is telling us to fight or flee.  We need to practice how to have:

1. Self- Control: so we can manage emotions that disrupt normal behavior.

2. Trustworthiness: so we can be honest

3, Conscientiousness : So others can depend on us

4. Adaptability: So we can function in many different types of situations

5. Innovation: So we can be open to new situations


Read my book about Crandle's Conniptions and you will begin to think about what he could have done to prevent himself from acting out the way he did.  Cranky Crandle's Crazy Conniptions: How to Deal with Conniption Fits  shows us what can happen if you are not in control of your feelings.  Daniel Goleman's book Working with Emotional Intelligence gives parents some insight and strategies for controlling your emotions.

Please visit
https://www.amazon.com/Cranky-Crandles-Crazy-Conniptions-Conniption/dp/1532871341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474038599&sr=1-1&keywords=Crandle

If you would like to buy my latest Emotatude Book.