Dr. Pastan - Building Emotional Intelligence and Resilience, Meditation Review

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Define the following:

An ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles

Emotional Intelligence

Define the following:

The ability to understand and manage one's own emotions as well as recognize and influence the emotions of others

1. Self-regulation

2. Motivation

3. Empathy

4. Self-awareness

5. Social skills

What are the five Goleman's Key Components of Emotional Intelligence?

1) Increased leadership ability

2) Increased team performance

3) Improve decision making

4) Decreased occupational stress

5) Reduced staff turnover

6) Increased personal well-being

What six things can emotional intelligence help with?

- Dealing with emergencies

- "Grace under pressure"

- Understanding patients goals

(These are only a few examples...)

What are a few examples of how emotional intelligence can benefit a dental health care provider?

- Notice your emotions (How do you feel at different times of the day?)

- Expand outside yourself to notice other's emotions (Do you guess how people are feeling or do you observe with empathy?)

- Share your feelings and reactions with others (Do you keep to yourself or do you engage in discussion of your feeling and those around you?)

How do we cultivate Emotional Intelligence?

Resilience

Define the following:

The ability to recover quickly from difficulties and setbacks

Resilience

Define the following:

Encompasses the capacity to adapt to challenging circumstances, maintain mental well-being, and continue functioning effectively despite adverse conditions

- Grows by gaining experience through challenge

- Establishes a foundation of balance and skill to work from

- Becomes bold through confidence gained by taking on uncertainty

- Learns from challenge and failures with the wisdom to improve

What is the resilient professional?

1) Maintain a healthy lifestyle

2) Practice self-compassion

3) Strengthen self-regulation skills

4) Build strong relationships

5) Maintain positive mindset

6) Stay grounded in your purpose and goals

What are the 6 steps to cultivating resilience?

Meditation

Define the following:

A practice that involves focusing the mind on a particular object or activity and eliminating distractions to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.

Relaxing the Body

- Body Scan

- Meditation

Taming the Mind

- Mantra Meditation

- Transendental Meditation

Opening the Heart

- Loving Kindness Meditation

- Gratitude Meditation

Clarifying Intent

- Visualization Meditation

What are the four types of meditation?

A point of focus that helps keep the mind stabilized serving as a reference point to return to when the mind wanders.

What is the anchor in meditation?

Primary: The breath

Secondary: Feelings in the Body, A Mantra, A Vision or Visual Object, A Feeling or Emotion

What are the primary and secondary anchors of meditation?

- A mindfulness practice that involves mentally scanning your body from your feet to your head, bringing awareness to different physical sensations without judgement.

- This practice helps to cultivate a sense of connection with your body, disconnect from the mind and can provide profound relaxation

- Primary anchor: Breath

- Secondary anchor: Awareness and sensations in parts of the body

What is body scan meditation?

Self-Acceptance

Wisdom

Self-Care

Compassion

Self-Awareness

What does mindfulness cultivate?

Self-Awareness

Define the following:

The ability to recognize and understand one's own thoughts, feelings, and actions and understand how they can impact others

Acceptance

Define the following:

The ability to not allow yourself to be judgmental of yourself and situations at hand

Wisdom

Define the following:

The ability to see life as it is instead of how we want it to be

Self-Care

Define the following:

Taking proper care of yourself and treating yourself as kindly as you treat others

Compassion

Define the following:

Sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others

- Uses the focus of the mind to create intentional thoughts or goals in your reality

- Used for relaxation, healing, and goal setting

- Gathering the subconscious energy: build courage, combat negativity, foster purpose

- "Mental imagery" to manifest your goals

- Brings positive energy into your mind, body, and spirit to connect to your inner wisdom and expand creativity

What is the visualization meditation?

Mind-Body Professionalism

Define the following:

The ability to maintain mental and physical well-being to cope with the demands of our profession and to provide mindful, competent, and compassionate dentistry to patients