Emotional Literacy: To Be a Different Kind of Smart

This book combines strategies and skills with theory and research to identify some of the key skills, maps, and tools that define emotional literacy. Emotional literacy is defined as having the skills to understand and manage emotions, to communicate effectively in order to become an autonomous person. The book focuses on the background and research on emotional literacy, developing an understanding of how to manage emotions, building communication skills and rapport, developing an internal coach, and implications for the next step. Chapters include: (1) "Emotional Literacy: Foundations and Background"; (2) "Defining Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy"; (3) "Understanding the Triune Brian"; (4) "Managing Emotions: Self-Awareness and Anchoring"; (5) "Communicating through Reframing and Positive Intentionality"; (6) "Reflective Listening and Overcoming Reactive Responses"; (7) "Nonverbal Cues: The Dance of Silent Communication"; (8) "Maintaining Important Relationships: Assertion and Apology"; (9) "Learning from Experience: Self-Coaching"; (10) "The Power of Vision: Identifying Outcomes"; (11) "Attribution Theory: Foundation of Self-Esteem"; and (12) "Effects of Emotional Literacy." (Contains 42 references.) (JDM)