EQ & CBT Social Media Clips
Cognitive behavioral therapy has many helpful tools that can nurture emotional intelligence on a daily basis. These clips below offer some tips for practical application of CBT and emotional intelligence.
Boosting EQ in the Garden
🧠 Gardening stimulates the brain in a perfect balance between the amygdala (emotion center) and pre-frontal cortex (thinking center). Scientific evidence has shown that gardening can help enhance emotional intelligence for children in these areas of the brain! Listen along to learn all the skills gardening enhances.
How to Nurture Hiking in Children
Learn some tips and tricks to get kids excited about the great outdoors!
Toys & Products that Promote EQ
Would you like to know what toys promote EQ (emotional intelligence) and enhance executive functioning* in children? 🌲
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What is EQ
EQ is definitely something we want to teach our children. It’s an important indicator of future success. Watch to see EQ’s 5 components and some of its characteristics.
Most importantly, EQ can be learned and strengthened! Isn’t that good news?
Emotion Regulation
Emotion regulation is step 2 in the parts that make up EQ. There are 5 strategies that can help children manage their emotions. Learn more about each one below!
Links referred to in the video: 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟎-𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 .
1. Explain the Brain
2. Name Emotions
3/4. Identify & Filter Thoughts
5. Calm-down Corners
Emotional Intelligence for Kids: Feelings Puppets
Teach children to recognize and name basic emotions by using this practical tool.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Daily Quick Tips:
Wake Up With the Right Mindset
CBT Quick Tips - How to think when you first get up in the morning.
pc: Beatriz Pérez Moya
Go to Bed With a Grateful Heart
CBT Quick Tips - 3 Questions to reflect on before you go to sleep.
Don’t Engage the Negative Chatter
CBT Quick Tips - Identify and acknowledge negative automatic thoughts but it's not helpful to engage or give much attention to them.
Engage Positive, Truthful Thoughts
CBT Quick Tips - Engage positive, helpful and enhancing thoughts. Consider affirming others with these same kinds of thoughts if it’s appropriate to do so.