Tag: Emotional Intelligence

Innocence Lost, Wisdom Gained

November 27, 2015
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 |  Emotional Vitality

Last night I watched the recent excellent BBC production of Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie. Not only a brilliant film, but thought provoking. The innocence of an English upbringing between the wars. What a contrast to today: youngsters starting school aged 4 to 5 these days are more worldly-wise, more aware of many facets of human life (good and bad) than I was after I’d finished college at 21!

There’s No Denying It . . .

March 15, 2015
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 |  Spirituality

That powerful 1999 film East is East was shown on UK TV the other day: I’ve just watched it. Stunned. Timely. Timely because I’m in the throes of developing my approach to Emotional Intelligence (EI) and this painful story of deep cultural clashes highlights many of the issues prevalent in describing and improving our EI: our ability (or not) to relate to others at a deep and meaningful level.