Emotional Intelligence Quotes

“By healing the parts of ourselves that are frozen in the past, we are able to bring them back into the present - and each time we do this we become less fragmented, and more whole.”
― Jessica Moore

“Emotional Intelligence can be learned. Try it on for the size always fits, needs no return, and never wears out.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“Silence ain't no (treatment) treat meant! How many of us barely recognize these invisible and emotional lack of intelligence signs of the times...ain't nobody grown got time for! Adults with a developed frontal cortex ought to be ashamed of this kind of behavior. Listen, learn to level up, turn around and reach one by example, in order to teach another. Be the change that beautifies your communication world.”
― Tracey Bond

“Emotional healing requires more than simply changing how you feel. Your emotions are merely symptoms of the problem - not the problem itself. Even when they hurt.”
― Jessica Moore

“Our approach to modern health care focuses so much on removing symptoms, that we’ve learned to equate immediate relief with healing. But healing is much more than simply feeling better in the moment; it requires true transformation, and transformation is rarely comfortable.”
― Jessica Moore

“All oppression starts with the experience of Lack. A lack of ideas, creativity, money, investors, health, friends, love, or kindness. Lack creates the emotional effect of Depression.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“If you sense the tide of grief welling up in you, treat it like the sacred emotion it is, and honor it. Give yourself time to sink into it, allow it to immobilize you with its weight, and trust that it will flow through you and out - if you let it. Grief truly felt never lasts forever - only grief avoided does.”
― Jessica Moore

“Shame can be an incredible burden, making us feel not good enough no matter what we do. But shame is also the emotion that makes us honorable and kind, and motivates us to constantly improve ourselves.”
― Jessica Moore

“Emotions influence every action we take. So the more we are aware of our feelings, the more we gain conscious control over our lives.”
― Jessica Moore

“Anger is a partnership of two forces in which one of the partners is silent. Anger is the present and accountable emotion while Shame is the silent partner, the thought that projects in the background. Shame is the belief in eternal lack of resolve, which creates violence.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“Emotional intelligence is knowledge of the “Self,” understanding who we are, and employing this knowledge to exercise self-control in our relationships with other beings and the world. Only by knowing ourselves can we responsibly and efficiently manage our senses, thoughts, words and actions, and behave in a benevolent manner toward other beings and the world.”
― Joseph Rain, The Unfinished Book About Who We Are

“Just like the cosmic forces of Yin and Yang, anger and shame work together to moderate our ego and keep it balanced.”
― Jessica Moore

“If your anger tends to go overboard and you find yourself accidentally hurting people with it, you might not be feeling enough shame. Healthy shame is what keeps anger in check.”
― Jessica Moore

“When anxiety is in balance, it helps us to think ahead to the future, make plans, and get organized.”
― Jessica Moore

“Our boundaries define our personal space - and we need to be sovereign there in order to be able to step into our full power and potential.”
― Jessica Moore

“Behind every trigger is a wound in our past.”
― Jessica Moore

“Respecting someone is indeed an honorable act but revering some is again a question for one's respect.”
― Raj Koochitani

“Our shame becomes toxic when we internalize messages from others that don't serve our health and well-being.”
― Jessica Moore

“Anger and shame are often vilified, and not without reason. But as challenging as they can be, when we refuse to feel them at all, things can get even worse.”
― Jessica Moore

“As challenging as anxiety can be, it can also help us by showing us where we aren't prepared enough for the future, and motivating us to do something about it.”
― Jessica Moore

“Cleaning and organizing your personal space is a great way to take the edge off your anxiety - as long as you don't take it too far.”
― Jessica Moore

“When anxiety gets out-of-control, it can create a nasty feedback loop that keeps us trapped in our heads, thinking and worrying about “what if…, what if…, what if…”
― Jessica Moore

“Anxiety wants us to get organized and to be prepared. So if we want it to chill out, that's the first thing we should do.”
― Jessica Moore

“Boundaries and sensitivity are directly connected.”
― Jessica Moore

“The quickest way to end up feeling anger all the time is to repress it and fight against it.”
― Jessica Moore

“Anger exists to move us into action, whenever action is needed to protect our boundaries, our sense of self, or whatever we consider to be “ours”.”
― Jessica Moore

“Without healthy anger to keep us safe and empowered, people would constantly end up crossing our boundaries and taking advantage of us - even without meaning to.”
― Jessica Moore

“Withdrawing and shutting down in response to life is just another way of getting triggered, and it is no more mature or healthy than emotionally over-reacting.”
― Jessica Moore

“Our ego is essential for us to function in the world. It is how I know who I am as a different person from you.”
― Jessica Moore

“When our past wounds get reactivated over and over again in our lives, they can throw our emotions seriously out of balance.”
― Jessica Moore