Celebrate your Thanksgiving with EQ and INTENTIONALITY
Thanksgiving comes soon
Review your basic EQ
Intend to enjoy.
POSITIVE OUTLOOK
Holiday at Bill’s
I miss my own great stuffing
I focus elsewhere.
OPTIMISM
Christmas will soon come
I have way too much to do
Optimistic, I.
SELF-SOOTHING
Thanksgiving at Mom's
My sisters will fight again
I will breathe deeply.
FLEXIBILITY
Dinner at Kayla's
What's this, we're having a quiche??
I am flexible.
COMPASSION
Feast at the bride's house
Lumpy gravy, burned turkey
Compassionate time.
RESILIENCE
Thanksgiving, no Chet
Resilient I have become
For this I give thanks.
HIJACKING
First meal for my boss
Will my fear hijack me now?
Not with my EQ.
INTUITION
The host is yawning
My intuition tells me
Time to go on home.
LIMBIC BRAIN
My child is crying
I choose to use empathy
Time for limbic brain.
REPTILIAN BRAIN
Doug holds me closely
We kiss while the dinner burns
The reptilian brain.
CHOICES
Introvert heaven
Thanksgiving alone at home
Extraverts gather.
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCONTENT
Stressed, we have a fight
Conflict resolution skills
Will come in handy.
CREATIVITY
Oven is broken.
Arnold must be creative.
He will grill turkey.
EMOTION MANAGEMENT
Tablecloth is pink
What’s wrong with this holiday?
I manage my response.
TRUST RADIUS
On Thanksgiving Day
I meet many new people
Friends for the future.
PERSONAL POWER
On this special day
Good, bad or indifferent
I choose to enjoy.
About the Author
©Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach™, http://www.susandunn.cc. The tools and resources you need for your personal and professional development. Coaching, EQ coach training ( http://www.eqcoach.net ), distance learning courses, eLibrary ( http://www.webstrategies.cc/ebooklibrary.html ), and the best in coaching combining techniques from psychology, coaching, and common-sense practical things that work. Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE eZine.