Emotions Matter. Really!

The science of smiling

Smiling makes us feel better. It’s a scientific fact. Chantal and Matthew explore the subject and science of smiles, how they make us feel better and how smiling more can support our emotional fitness and mental health. Music: Corporate Happy (Long) - Daddy’s Music [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-corporate-happy-long-9348/] Episode links To stay connected and up to date about our work, join our 5th Place community: https://5th.place/ [https://5th.place/] Being emotionally fit positively impacts your mental alertness, decision making ability, leadership capability and relational competence. Become emotionally fitter by regularly attending an online free mental health class [https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/] that builds your emotional fitness. Learn more about Shape of Emotion on our Master your Emotions mini audio-course: https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions [https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions] Pay it forward If you got value from this episode, we invite you to match this value by making a donation or paying what you want [https://5th.place/value]. This will enable us to take our work into places that can't afford it or who have limited access to data and technology.

Building Emotional Fitness (Pillar 2 - Moving)

After introducing the five pillars of emotional fitness a few weeks ago, Matthew and Chantal delve deeper into the second pillar of Emotional Fitness, Moving. Humans tend to be very sedentary beings when they were built to move! Everyone knows that exercise is important for physical fitness but did you know that movement is vital for ongoing emotional fitness too? This episode explores why. Music: Swinging Web by SergeQuadrado [https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-swinging-web-20926/] Episode links To stay connected and up to date about our work, join our 5th Place community: https://5th.place/ [https://5th.place/] Being emotionally fit positively impacts your mental alertness, decision making ability, leadership capability and relational competence. Become emotionally fitter by regularly attending an online free mental health class [https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/] that builds your emotional fitness. Learn more about Shape of Emotion on our Master your Emotions mini audio-course: https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions [https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions] Pay it forward If you got value from this episode, we invite you to match this value by making a donation or paying what you want [https://5th.place/value]. This will enable us to take our work into places that can't afford it or who have limited access to data and technology.

Workplace bullying and what to do about it

Workplace bullying can be difficult to deal with while it has serious long reaching health and wellbeing consequences. It often flies under the radar because of its verbal and psychological tactics. In this podcast, the first of Season 3, Chantal and Matthew explore what workplace bullying can look like, who bullies and who gets bullied and what to do about it. Music: Summer Surf by AudioCoffee [https://pixabay.com/id/music/pukulan-yg-tdk-keras-summer-surf-120252/] Episode links To stay connected and up to date about our work, join our 5th Place community: https://5th.place/ [https://5th.place/] Being emotionally fit positively impacts your mental alertness, decision making ability, leadership capability and relational competence. Become emotionally fitter by regularly attending a FREE Emotional Fitness Class: https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/ [https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/] Learn more about Shape of Emotion, our tool for emotion regulation, on our Master your Emotions mini audio-course: https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions [https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions] Pay it forward If you got value from this episode, we invite you to match this value by making a donation or paying what you want [https://5th.place/value]. This will enable us to take our work into places that can't afford it or who have limited access to data and technology.

Give peace a chance

Who hasn't wanted more peace in their lives? Matthew and Chantal explore how driven to aggression and division we tend to be, and how Hollywood seems to seed a heavily conflict oriented approach to solving problems. The place to start is always with ourselves, finding more peace in ourselves is the first step to finding more peace out in the world.  Music: Motivational Day by AudioCoffee [https://pixabay.com/id/music/perusahaan-motivational-day-112790/] Links of interest * Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8] * Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps] * Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_0GqPvr4U] Episode links To stay connected and up to date about our work, join our 5th Place community: https://5th.place/ [https://5th.place/] Being emotionally fit positively impacts your mental alertness, decision making ability, leadership capability and relational competence. Become emotionally fitter by regularly attending an Emotional Fitness Class: https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/ [https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/] Learn more about Shape of Emotion, our tool for emotion regulation, on our Master your Emotions mini audio-course: https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions [https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions] Pay it forward If you got value from this episode, we invite you to match this value by making a donation or paying what you want [https://5th.place/value]. This will enable us to take our work into places that can't afford it or who have limited access to data and technology.

Building Emotional Fitness (Pillar 1 - Thinking)

After introducing the five pillars of emotional fitness a few weeks ago, Matthew and Chantal delve deeper into the first pillar of Emotional Fitness, Thinking. They explore the pillar and what it means in the context of building emotional fitness and why it is important for our overall wellbeing. Music: Save Me by Liborio Conti [https://www.no-copyright-music.com/] Episode links To stay connected and up to date about our work, join our 5th Place community: https://5th.place/ [https://5th.place/] Being emotionally fit positively impacts your mental alertness, decision making ability, leadership capability and relational competence. Become emotionally fitter by regularly attending an Emotional Fitness Class: https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/ [https://emotionalfitnessclass.com/] Learn more about Shape of Emotion on our Master your Emotions mini audio-course: https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions [https://courses.5th.place/courses/how-to-master-your-emotions] Pay it forward If you got value from this episode, we invite you to match this value by making a donation or paying what you want [https://5th.place/value]. This will enable us to take our work into places that can't afford it or who have limited access to data and technology.