Illuminate

Illuminate is a blog series that provides practical tips + galvanizing inspirations for practicing an emotionally intelligent life.

Feeling Overwhelmed? Harness Your True North

We only have so much energy and attention to give. This article will help you align your focus and attention with your “True North”– your purpose.

How Do You React to Others’ Vulnerability?

Nuanced empathy skills help us develop close relationships, which according to a growing body of research, is the key to a good life.

Illuminate: Strengthen the Muscles of Your Optimism

Too often, we tell ourselves, “I can’t…” or “I’ll never…” or “I don’t deserve….” or we forget that we actually have more options than we perceive. We stop trying, we give up, and our muscles of self-determination and freedom wither. Learned Optimism is how we get those muscles back in shape.

Connect to Your Values with This Art Project

Illuminate: Feeling Stuck Try This 3-Step Technique

This week, we’ll dive in + explore a practical technique for navigating feelings that just seem to linger.

Illuminate: What Do You Really Want?

Illuminate: How Are You (Really) Feeling Today?

How can you be more empowered with your emotions? The first step is to be able to correctly label them, in a timely manner – the emotional intelligence skill of enhance emotional literacy.

Illuminate: Unravel Deeper Layers of Your Patterns

Illuminate: 3 Steps to Acting on Your Values

We all make hundreds of decisions a day; do they align with your values? This week’s Illuminate gives you three practical steps for identifying your values, putting them into practice, and making your life more aligned with your values.

Illuminate: Navigating Anger toward Wisdom

Dive into a beautiful (and true!) story about the power of navigating emotions– and learn how you can transform anger/sadness/grief/confusion into wisdom about yourself and your life’s path.

Illuminate: What DO You Do with Your Inner Critic?

We all have that little voice inside: ‘You didn’t do that right/ fast enough/ well enough.’ How do you treat yours… and could you treat it more kindly?

Talk to Yourself Like You Would Your Best Friend

Recent research suggests that speaking kindly to yourself helps you cope with challenging situations. But how exactly do you change self-talk?

Feeling Mundane? Add Something New to Your Week

Recent research suggests those who act with some spontaneity have higher psychological wellbeing. Give your week a boost with this week’s Illuminate.

Start Your Day on PURPOSE: Choose A Morning Ritual

Recent research suggests those with a morning ritual feel that their life is more meaningful. Set your daily intention by building a morning ritual… here’s how.

Illuminate: Want Empathy? 3 Phrases To Ask for It

We all need a good listening ear sometimes. But how do we get it when it isn’t offered? Here are three phrases to communicate the need for empathy with others. Try them out!

The Best Valentine’s Gift? A Big Box of EMPATHY

This Valentine’s Day, give your lover, spouse, or best friend what they really deserve: Your undivided attention. Empathy means listening without fixing, talking about your stories, or wondering what will happen next on your favorite TV show. Learn how to be more empathetic with this post.

Illuminate: Grow Self-Acceptance With These Four Techniques

Who would you be if you accepted yourself? In this last post about perfectionism, you will explore a tangible, research-backed exercise for increasing self-compassion. Take a moment to give to yourself today.

Illuminate: Perfectionism, Pt 1

Perfectionism is the excessive fear of making mistakes. This week, I invite you to pay attention to how perfectionism, or the fear of making mistakes, shows up in your life.

What Is The Root Belief of Your Perfectionism?

No one loves making mistakes, but some of us are more afraid of making a mistake than others. If you are one of these people, take a mindful moment to better understand where your fear comes from.

Illuminate: Indulge in Asking Yourself This One Question

Empathy is lending our hearts, minds, and souls to others, but how can we give this to ourselves, too? This week’s Illuminate challenges us to indulge a bit by asking ourselves one simple question to unlock our heart’s deepest desires.

illuminate: can you create a more compassionate world this new year?

Emotional intelligence is peeking beneath the surface of an emotion (even anger!) to understand the vulnerability and pain from which the emotion explodes. This Illuminate offers a concrete step for practicing compassion with others whose behaviors cause pain and hurt.

Home for The Holidays? What Are Your Patterns?

Illuminate: Where Do You Want to Go?

Take a moment to clarify your (emotional, professional, physical) destination + represent it in a fun way.

Illuminate: Say What You Need to Say

We know words hold power. Maybe this is why it can be so hard to say what really needs to be said. This week’s Illuminate will inspire you to say the vulnerable, challenging, and authentic words that you may be holding back.

What Relationship Pattern Holds You Back?

Everyone has their own pattern when it comes to relationships. ‘Attachment Styles’ have been studied in psychology for years, and its wisdom is now starting to find its way into everyday relationships. What’s your attachment style, and how can you best work with it?

Illuminate: Share Your Gratitude

This week, in the United States, is the holiday of Thanksgiving: a time when people get together, share what they’re thankful for, and eat a lot of turkey. I knew I wanted to focus this week’s Illuminate on gratitude, and one of the activities from this month’s POP-UP Festivals reminded me of one of my favorite activities: writing thank-you notes.

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