How to Build Emotional Immunity?
Are we Emotionally Socially Competent?
GN 5003 (Personal & Professional Growth)
1 & 4 Aug 2022
Viji aka V.Vijayalakshmi
Movie: Sully
Developing Emotional Social Competence
Audit
• What is your dominant emotion(s)?
• Constructive or Not helping? Intensity? How long does that stay?
• Situations manifesting? Do you see any patterns? Triggers?
• Why do you feel those emotions?
• Its impact – self, family, work
Consequences
Options
• What would you do differently?
• Strategies - Sustaining the change
Source: Daniel Goleman (1998)
SELF
SelfAwareness
Self
Management
Social
SocialAwareness
Social
Management
How are you feeling now?
Source: Daniel Goleman (1998)
SELF
SelfAwareness
Self
Management
Social
SocialAwareness
Social
Management
It is involved in regulation of a range of behavior viz
sleep, appetite, arousal and aggression. It prevents
depression and makes a person happy. It is released
on exposure to sunlight and during exercise.
Dopamine
Oxytocin
Serotonin
Cortisol
"The Reward Molecule" is responsible for reward
driven behavior and pleasure seeking. Every type of
reward seeking behavior that has been studied
increases the level of this hormone transmission in
the brain
Adrenaline
Oxytocin
Dopamine
Cortisol
They are produced during strenuous physical
activities, such as intense exercise, eating hot
peppers, eating chocolate, laughing . They are
involved in the regulation of stress, pain, and mood.
Endorphin
Oxytocin
Dopamine
Serotonin
The effect of exercise on
brain function was
investigated through
animal experiments.
Exercise leads to increased
serum calcium levels, and
the calcium is transported
to the brain.
This in turn enhances brain
dopamine synthesis through
a calmodulin-dependent
system, and increased
dopamine levels regulate
various brain functions.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12758062/
"The Bonding Molecule" or "Trust Hormone" or "Love
hormone", "Cuddle Hormone". Directly linked to
human bonding and increasing trust and loyalty.
Secreted in response to social recognition and
bonding, even playing with a dog can cause this
hormone to surge.
Endorphin
Oxytocin
Dopamine
Serotonin
Best known for eliciting feelings of happiness in the
human brain.
Dopamine
Endorphin
Oxytocin
Serotonin
C. Reading
Others’ Emotions
anger, fear, sadness, disgust,
anticipation, trust, surprise,
enjoyment.
The Responses
1. Slight sadness
2. Disgust
3. Slight sadness
4. Slight enjoyment
5. Highly controlled or
very slight anger
(annoyance)
6. Slight or highly
controlled fear
7. Disgust
8. Upset, unhappy,
miserable, perplexed
9. A masked expression
of anger (eg. sarcasm)
10. Fear or surprise—or
just rapt attention
11. Controlled anger, very
slight annoyance, having
trouble focusing on
something
12. Worry, apprehension,
or controlled fear
13. Controlled anger or
annoyance
14. Contempt, smug, or
disdainful
Video: His Holiness Dalai Lama
self-reflection
two action points to work on…
One positive
emotion that
you will
nurture more
In the context of:
-> Self
-> Family & Friends
-> Profession
One negative
emotion that
you will work
upon
We are used to contrasting the intellect with our passions. The
mistake is in thinking of the passions merely as occasional
contents of life. They are the defining structures of our
existence. - Solomon (1983)