Today, Lisa Welsher, Founder of Empowered by Emotions, joins us to talk about emotional intelligence and how we navigate through our emotions. Among many other thought-provoking revelations, Lisa affirms that emotions are neutral and that there is no such thing as negative emotions.For more than 30 years, Lisa worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies, like Goldman Sachs, Sony, TacoBell, Mcdonald's, and Merck, helping them improve their teams' performances. In March 2020, Lisa founded Empowered by Emotions to empower people with master-level emotional intelligence.Our conversation revolves around using emotional intelligence to generate positive responses from our teams at work and our families at home. Lisa describes and explains the three possible reactions to emotions, what she means when she affirms that negative emotions don't exist, and how to engage with our emotions to get the best out of them. We also talk about fear and anxiety, guilt and shame, and the three myths around emotions. Some Questions I Ask: Tell us about your journey from being a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years and then owning a software company to the point where you focus on emotional intelligence? (3:25)Explain a little more about what engaging with your emotions means or what it looks like (7:42)How can we be more emotionally intelligent at our jobs and at home? (30:36)In This Episode, You Will Learn:The benefits of learning to engage with our emotions (6:42)What are the three responses to emotions (11:03)There is an emotion behind every action we take (14:36)How engaging with our emotions look like. A practical example (25:35)How we can use emotional intelligence to shape our kids' bahevior (36:16)Guilt is good. It helps build our morals (43:05)Resources:Empowered by Emotions websiteBook: Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQConnect with Lisa: LinkedInLet's Connect!WebsiteLinkedInInstagram FacebookEmail: clint@flavorofleadership.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.