by Catherine Stothart | Sep 19, 2023 | Emotional Intelligence
Making Assumptions We judge people by their behaviour – what they do and say – and we often don’t realise what is motivating their behaviour. We make assumptions about them and these are sometimes wrong and cause misunderstandings. We can get on better with people if...
by Catherine Stothart | Dec 3, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Self-confidence and self-esteem
Getting on with other people is largely about managing your feelings about them and your feelings about yourself. We share a basic human need to feel good about ourselves, to have a sense of self-worth. We get this sense of self-worth from feeling significant (that...
by Catherine Stothart | May 4, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Managing Conflict, Personality styles
In my last blog I gave tips on how to defuse and deal with conflict. This week I am looking at the different ways individuals react to conflict. How we react to conflict is influenced by our personality type – some people are more likely to fight back, others...
by Catherine Stothart | Apr 23, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Managing Conflict
In the last few weeks, I have blogged about the pressures of #forcedtogetherness for different personality types – how to avoid triggering negative emotions in your housemates and how you can help them and you through the stress of being at home....
by Catherine Stothart | Apr 6, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Personality styles
Two weeks into #socialdistancing and there’s a lot of good advice around on how to cope with #socialisolation. But what about how to cope with #forcedtogetherness? It is very easy to trigger negative emotions and reactions in other people especially when we are...
by Catherine Stothart | Apr 26, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence
Last week I spoke at the BAPT conference about how our beliefs can help us, and how they can also hinder us. For example, I believe it’s important to always do what I have said I will do. This belief helps me by giving me a reputation for being reliable,...
