Unleashing your Emotional Intelligence with Veronica Barber, EdD

In this podcast, Veronica Barber, EdD joins Arleen to help healthcare workers understand how recognizing emotions and feelings is necessary in providing compassionate care. We will discuss how internal and external stressors and influences affect our emotional response. You will learn the neuroscience behind how our brains form new neural pathways and how our emotional responses can affect our ability to see things from a different lens.   As healthcare workers, the work we do every day is soul-filling purposeful work which should leave you feeling fulfilled and satisfied. Forming the habit of being attuned to our emotions while building in moments of stillness, quiet reflection, and creating pauses benefits you and your patients.  You will learn about the six-second window and what happens inside our bodies when emotions begin to surface. You will understand the importance of hitting the pause button once you feel the emotions bubbling up and evaluate those feelings by blending your cognitive abilities with your emotional sensing. When we unleash emotional intelligence, it has a profound effect on our ability to heal others.