Session 3

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
(self-regulation)
Self regulation
Self-Management is your ability to stay
flexible and positively direct your behavior
when you are experiencing different
emotions.

THINK BEFORE ACT

 Taking a pause between a feeling and an action.

 Taking the time to think things through, make a plan, wait
patiently.
 Self-regulation allows you to act in accordance with your deeply
held values or social conscience and to express yourself
appropriately.
 Qualities of self
regulators
Act in Remain flexible
accordance with and adapting to
their values situations

Calm themselves Take control of

when upset situations when
necessary

Cheer themselves View challenges

when feeling as opportunities
down
Persist through
difficult times
 Create space..
• Identify and reduce Take a pause!
triggers
• Tune into physical
symptoms Become aware of your
• Engage in positive emotion
self talk
• Look for positive
emotions
Monitor your body

Structure your
response

Change our
Ignore or avoid
thinking to change Reappraisal Suppression
the emotion
our response
 Activity
Restructure your thinking pattern

Activity

• Think about a past situation; what

you thought? How did you feel?
How you reacted?

• Reinterpret the situation, consider

some alternative positive thoughts

• Record how the alternative thought

change your reaction.