Inside Emotional Intelligence, you’ll discover: ✓ Why people need emotional intelligence ✓ How to improve emotional intelligence ✓ Tips to advance self-awareness ✓ How to practice self-regulation ✓ Manage relationships ✓ And so much more!

Dear Reader,

Each day you may experience a host of emotions ranging from joy, excitement, or contentment to frustration, sadness, or anxiety. How do you and those around you handle your thoughts and feelings? Do you express your emotions or keep them to yourself?

The ability to regulate our emotions, feel empathy toward others, and use these abilities to communicate effectively and build healthy, productive relationships with others is called emotional intelligence — and it’s the topic of an exciting new guide from the experts at Harvard Medical School.

What’s your EI — or emotional intelligence? How good are you at recognizing emotions in yourself or others? Can you use that understanding in constructive ways to help yourself and others?

The good news is, emotional intelligence isn’t simply an inborn trait that you either have or don’t have. You can learn the skills to improve your emotional intelligence starting today with this new guide. Download your guide now and discover:

• The four key elements of emotional intelligence

• Why emotional intelligence can matter more than IQ when it comes to succeeding at work or in relationships

• Why emotions can be fleeting, but feelings can last a long time.

• The remarkable way your face and body respond to different emotions

• What typically goes wrong in relationships — and what you can do to fix the problem

• And so much more.

This unique, insightful guide brings you specific habits and skills to practice to improve your relationships by cultivating greater emotional intelligence. You’ll learn different aspects of emotional intelligence, such as self-awareness. Becoming more self-aware is one of the benefits of mindfulness — the practice of focusing on the here and now and acknowledging your thoughts without judgment.

You’ll find 5 steps to a mindfulness practice that focuses specifically on your emotions. Give it a try, and you’ll quickly see how thoughts trigger certain physical sensations. This is a great way to spot “early warning signs” for emotions you may not want to act on immediately.

You’ll learn how to identify which areas of your emotional intelligence are your strong suit — and which need a little work. You’ll see how to…

• Get past negative emotional reactions.

• Develop greater empathy

• Reframe your thoughts about a situation so you can change your emotional response

• Be kind to yourself and let go of feelings of self-doubt

• Make a sincere apology

• And learn to forgive others — a powerful tool that can improve your health and well-being

If you want to feel the peace that comes with understanding your emotions, check out Emotional Intelligence: Building awareness and skills to boost communication and relationships — the online guide from Harvard Medical School experts.

To your good health,

Timothy Cole
Editorial Director, Harvard Health Publishing