Hi and welcome back to how do you show up practicing emotional intelligence? Here are some questions to ask yourself, when negative thoughts or triggers show up? What are my instincts telling me? What is my gut feeling? What do I need to do differently to be more prepared for this trigger next time? And is it a fear that I need to face?

What is the worst that can happen? What is the best that can happen? And lastly, how will my response impact the situation? positively or negatively? It's my choice. So for your class project, journal about the triggers that you are aware of, how do you feel when you're triggered?

Review the questions that I presented in this lesson and journal about your answers. Before we close I'll give you one example of one of my triggers and a person that truly triggers me is my mom. It seems that she can always say or do something that will cause me to either become defensive Or caused me to get upset as I think about how to respond in an emotionally intelligent manner. I have to think about, okay, who she is, What's the situation? How do I want to show up? In some situations, I have to take a deep breath, calm myself down and make sure that my response will be one that I can be proud of.

This takes practice and I'll see you