EP54: Dr. Chris Cipriano on social and emotional learning

It sounds overly simple, but hear why the question, How are you feeling? is so key in interactions like doctor-patient ones, but really, all of our relatinoships. An open-ended question like that can truly keep the door open on validating others' emotions, avoiding unintentionally suggesting that the way someone is feeling is not normative.  Dr. Chris Cipriano is an expert in social and emotional learning and gives this tip as well as several others, to help me (and maybe you!) in every day interactions. Dr. Christina Cipriano, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and is the Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Dr. Cipriano is an Applied Developmental and Educational Psychologist. Her research is focused on social and emotional learning intervention and assessment, particularly as it pertains to marginalized student and teacher populations. She has published more than 70 papers, commentaries, and reports on emotions, assessment, and social and emotional learning. She is the mother of four beautiful children and has a website drchriscip.com. Find her on Twitter @drchriscip and on linkedin.