It’s never too late to heal painful patterns with new understanding Understand how our parents’ behavior impacts our mental, neural, and social development. Learn how self-reflection and awareness transform our relationships with our children, spouses, and selves. Discover how emotional habits can change at any age. In this insightful exploration, Siegel and Goleman explain how our relationships shape our emotional habits – and the brain itself. The neural patterns formed in childhood have immense importance in our lives as parents, lovers, and people. Siegel and Goleman explain how we can free ourselves from the hold of our past to create richer, more balanced relationships.

Disturbing emotions can be used constructively All emotions, including hidden ones, have their own distinct facial marker With practice we can discern others' truthfulness and intent We can free ourselves from the grip of regrettable emotional episodes Research into facial expression and emotion reveals two startling people cannot conceal their emotions, nor can they fabricate genuine emotions. Minute facial movements and gestures reveal true feelings and intent – regardless of efforts to conceal them. Learning the connection between the face and the emotions can better our lives by giving us the ability to recognize our own emotions before they overwhelm our better judgment. Goleman and Ekman discuss the fascinating science of the Facial Action Coding System, and how we can use it to harness our emotions constructively. 67 Minutes

SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT COMPUTING is a conversation between Shirky and Daniel Goleman, renowned author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence. Shirky and Goleman explain how high performance in groups correlates with collective Social Intelligence Shirky breaks down how online business and social networks have been plagued by flaming (unregulated emotional outbursts), major misunderstandings, lack of cohesion, poor decision making, and loss of functionality because emotional connection is vital for effective communication. Shirky describes how online groups function best - and how the internet can be utilized to improve our society using social intelligence.

Many women are naturally outstanding, ethical leaders and yet their potential to transform business, politics, and everyday life remains unrealized. Womens natural voices, and true leadership, are often stifled under misconceptions and over-learned responses. Yet these obstacles can be removed, and the brain can be changed to unlock womens authentic voices allowing them to speak from the heart, build trust, and own their power as leaders.

Learn how teachers can break down the barriers between kids that create destructive behavior, utilize contemporary culture to make learning meaningful for today's youth, and foster in students the optimal neural state for receiving and retaining information. Traditional classroom models have been shown to inhibit learning and disengage today's students from the joy of education. Social Emotional Learning provides a much-needed solution to these perennial problems. In this dialogue, Goleman and Lucas investigate project-based curricula that utilize high technology to excite and motivate students. They explain why Social Intelligence and critical thought are necessary skills for the 21st century, and how cultivating these abilities in school unlocks students' inherent love of learning.