Shilagh Mirgain, Center collaborator and clinical psychologist at UW Health, discusses the importance of managing our emotions.
She shares strategies to help us boost our emotional intelligence, including:
- Appreciating the purpose of emotions
- Expressing how we feel
- Treating our emotions with compassion
- Coaching and validating others
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