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Think back to your most challenging moment – whether in your career, relationships or personal life. Did you lose control from anger? Were you paralysed by fear? Did you isolate yourself due to humiliation? Whatever your reaction, your emotions most likely determined what you said, or did, next. But the way we handle our emotions is not, as many believe, an involuntary part of ourselves – it is a skill that must be taught and refined throughout our lives.

A practical and transformative 5-step strategy to ensure the emotional well-being of yourself and your child. The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why and what we can do. Brackett is a professor in Yale University's Child Study Center, and in his 25 years as an emotion scientist, he has developed a remarkably effective plan to improve the lives of children and adults - a blueprint for understanding our emotions and using them wisely so that they help, rather than hinder, our success and well-being.

El bienestar mental de adultos y niños es sorprendentemente bajo en la actualidad. Marc Brackett, profesor de psicología en la Universidad de Yale y experto en inteligencia emocional infantil, sabe por qué y cómo podemos remediarlo. Durante sus veinticinco años como investigador de las emociones ha desarrollado un plan para comprenderlas y usarlas sabiamente a fin de que contribuyan a nuestro bienestar en lugar de a obstaculizarnos el camino.

Quando criança, Marc Brackett era um menino assustado, tímido e tomado por uma raiva silenciosa. Tudo mudou quando um tio foi capaz de reconhecer seu sofrimento e perguntar: O que você está sentindo? Com essa simples pergunta, pela primeira vez, o pequeno Marc compreendeu que não era “errado” se sentir daquele jeito. Nas décadas seguintes, ele se dedicou a investigar as raízes do bem-estar emocional e, a partir daí, criou um sistema para nos ajudar a reconhecer, compreender, rotular, expressar e regular nossas emoções, sejam elas positivas ou negativas.

Emotional Intelligence for School Leaders outlines key SEL skills, from mindfulness and self-management to relationship building and conflict resolution, and details how each can be applied in a leadership context. Case studies of a variety of successful educational leaders who employ positive psychology in their work illustrate the strategies they used to cultivate and apply their own SEL skills.