Emotions Negative emotions serve evolutionary purposes.

can be observed through body language and facial expressions, which As Tracy Kennedy from Lifehack.org points out, there is a good reason for
explains how you feel or how are you doing at that moment. each of the basic emotions, both positive and negative:

Positive and negative emotions both have different impacts in the brain.
· They can increase our performance on a knowledgeable task by lifting
our spirits without disrupting us like negative emotions do (Iordan &
The Universal Emotions Dolcos, 2017).
The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) Charles Darwin’s
· Positive emotions may help us increase our horizons and widen our
book brain’s scope of focus (Fredrickson, 2001).
emotions with facial expressions : STEPS IN HANDLING EMOTIONS
1. Surprise 5. Fright The following are suggestions in Dealing with Difficult Emotions from the
2. sadness 6. Anger Teens Health posted in kidshealth.org in 2017.
3. disgust 7. contempt
4. happiness 1. Identify the Emotion
Do not hide how you feel from yourself.
Do not blame.
Accept all your emotions as natural and understandable.
2. Take Action - Think about the best way to express your emotion.
3. Get Help with Difficult Emotions
TIPS TO HELP MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS
1. Use your emotions and bodily responses to recognize when you are
under stress.
2. Write down your thoughts and feelings about what is stressing you.
3. Control whatever aspect of the stress that you can.
4. Do not make mountains out of molehills.
5. Redefine the Problem.
6. Develop behaviors that distract you from stress.
7. Reach out to a friend or a family member.
8. Exercise Regularly.
8 basic types of emotions according to Psychologist Robert Plutchik: 9. Meditate and Relax.
• joy-sadness, Developing a Plan to Enhance Brain Functions
• anger-fear, Characteristics of a good plan:
• trust-disgust, and 1. Plan provides focus.
• surprise-anticipation. 2. Let you map out a path towards your version of success.
Intensity of Emotions 3. Allows you to make better decisions.
refers to variations in the magnitude of emotional responses, an extreme 4. Never permits you from taking backwards steps.
degree of feeling. Intensity ranges from mild, moderate to strong. 5. Strategies should be on track when things go wrong.
Writing a Personal Development Plan
These are five steps in writing a Personal Development Plan:
1. Be prepared with your goals.
2. Remember to recognize your skills, traits, and strengths.
3. Appreciate the suggestions of your mentors to reach that certain goal.
4. Improve your plan. If possible, include all factors affecting such plan.
5. Need to apply more strategies and recommendations in mind mapping
to make the mind map easy.
Steps in creating mind map
Step1. Write your main topic at the middle of the circle,
o Example of topic: Plan to enhance my Brain Functions
Emotional intelligence Step 2. Think of subtopics connected to the main topics. You can
defined as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's enumerate the different activities of the left and right brain inside the next
emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and circles.
empathetically. Therefore, it is the key to both personal and professional o Example of sub-topic: Drawing
success. Step 3. Do the same thing just to be very specific of the elements or
For Goleman EI is the ability to: concepts that describe your sub-topics. You can write keywords that
1) Recognize, understand, and manage our own emotions; describe each activity in the next series of circles.
2) Recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others. o Example of element: Poster-making Contest

Positive and Negative Emotions

Demonstrate and Create Ways To Manage Various Emotions
Negative emotions give us a counterpoint to positive emotions