HEART AND MIND NEWSLETTER VOL.41

MONSOON & THE MOOD

Dear Readers,

Does the arrival of the monsoon have an impact on your mood? Rain is accompanied by a wide range of feelings. Rain is melancholy for those who become depressed by the decrease in sunlight, rain is bliss for those who find their first love, rain is nostalgic as it transports you back in time where you begin to miss your past, rain is hope for farmers, and rain is a celebration for young children as they get a holiday. Since rain directly affects our emotions, it can be both happy and gloomy at different times.

Share your feelings when it rains and how you like to spend a rainy day in the comments section.

This edition of our newsletter details how MEQ Academy has collaborated with various professions and organizations in the month of July 2022. We appreciate each one of them for collaborating with us.

Happy Reading!

POWER OF COLLABORATION WEBINAR

People can come together through collaboration to work together toward common goals in a lot less time and effort, with this mindset we picked COLLABORATION as the theme of the month for Club Smile. Our goal is to team up with respected community members from various professions to bring out the best.

As a follow-up to the subject, we hosted a webinar on 'collaboration' presented by Dr. Gautam Pant , who just joined MEQ Academy as a member of our Advisory Board. Dr Pant provided insightful commentary on the subject and explained how we might band together to collaborate in the coaching and training industries.

A JOURNEY TOWARDS WELLBEING - E-BOOK by CLUB SMILEE MEMBERS

We are pleased to launch "A Journey Toward Wellbeing," an e-book on wellness and emotional intelligence. Our esteemed Club Smilee members, who represent a variety of professions, wrote this book. We are grateful to them for giving their time to write lovely articles for the e-book.

The book includes enlightening pieces on numerous EI & wellness-related themes. By reading the book, you can increase your knowledge.

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MAGIC OF IKIGAI WITH DEEPAK VERMA

MEQ Academy, in collaboration with Mr Dr. Deepak Varma hosted an online session on 'Magic of Ikigai.' Ikigai, which translates to "cause for existence," is a Japanese concept. Japanese words for "life" and "value" are "iki" and "gai," respectively. Expert Ikigai Coach Mr Deepak Verma also offers Life Coaching Certification in Ikigai.

The keynote speaker said, 'Your ikigai is your life's work or happiness. It's what makes you happy and motivates you to get out of bed each morning. He provided profound thoughts on the topic. The participants had the following takeaways from the seminar, which were interesting:

• Understanding the IKIGAI concept and its relevance.
• Tools for introspection
• Making space for new passions
• Creating a sustainable mindset of well being
• Defining a positive state of flow
• A hint toward a deep sense of fulfillment

Collaboration is Multiplication...

Collaboration is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal.

Why is Collaboration important for all?

• Collaboration improves communication and brings people together to complete a task.
• It builds a habit to work in teams.
• Opens up new channels to connect and grow together.
• Provides opportunities to learn from each other.
• Improves social skills like empathy, kindness and gratitude while working together.

Collaboration should start from family as they say - 'Family that laughs together, live together, work together, help each other is the happiest family.

Choose any of these activities to enrich collaboration in your families.

• Cook a meal together- In the hustle-bustle of life, we often fail to spend time together with our family, and when weekends come either, we order food from swiggy or visit some restaurant. How amazing it would be if we plan once or twice a month where each family member-grandparents, dad, mom and children (any age) collaboratively work together to prepare a meal, dividing the tasks among all meanwhile sharing stories, laughing, talking and helping each other in different ways. This will not only bring a positive vibe to home but also make the children learn many life skills from the elders.
• Plan out a holiday- Divide the tasks among all the family members- Mommy decides the destination, Dad looks after the budget, Children to prepare an itinerary.
• Get-together with extended family- Living in metro cities within a nuclear family is one of the most common practices seen among people these days, due to which families have a missing link of communication and participation. Hence you could plan a get-together with your relatives wherein you can conversate with each other, make plans for the future, and enjoy singing or dancing. It's good to collaborate to bring harmony with extended family members.
• Playing Games- During Lockdown every family must have played indoor games together right? and that was the time when we realized how good it is to spend some quality time with kids. Let's make it a habit to play games together once or twice a week.

Family is our eternal part, unfortunately, we spend most of our time impressing others and ignoring our loved ones, thus try to collaborate and harmonise well with your family first that will not only build healthy relationships but it will also make you a strong-headed person because those who have the support of their family are more balanced in terms of their emotions, thoughts and behavioural pattern.

Anger – The most expressed emotion!

Humans have a myriad of emotions, most of which are unfamiliar to be used.?

Among all the basic eight emotions anger is one such emotion which is felt widely and almost daily by most humans including even infants, children, teenagers, young adults, and old age people. Anger is a normal and even healthy emotion — but it's important to deal with it positively. Uncontrolled anger can take a toll on both your health and your relationships.?

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ACTIVITY ON COLLABORATING AND COOPERATING FOR KIDS

This topic aims to enhance children's social skills by motivating them to work in teams and cooperate rather than compete.

Why is it essential for children?

Collaborating while doing a project provides ample opportunities...

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POP-UP COLLABORATION WITH DAIJOUBU JAPAN

We are pleased to announce that Meraviglia EQ Academy and Daijoubou Japan collaborated to host the Pop-Up Festival. The kids were from India and Japan. Ayaka, a Japanese EQ Facilitator, welcomed the attendees. Children from both nations were invited to participate in the 'Emotional Iceberg' activity after Chetna Singh from MEQ Academy described it to them. Though we had a language barrier as children could not understand the English language yet, the session was interesting and entertaining as emotions are universal and can be expressed easily through gestures and the Pop-Up EQ activities make it easier for children to express their feelings. In the end, each child shared their emotions and the causes of those emotions.

WEBINAR ON PARENTING

7 Habits of Highly Effective Parents By Ms Bratati Dey

We are hosting a session on 6th Aug for parents in collaboration with Ms Bratati Dey , she is a fabulous Parenting Coach and NLP Practitioner.

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CERTIFICATIONS & COURSES

KIDS LIFE COACH CERTIFICATION

Who can join?

Are you someone who dreams to work with children and help them shape their future??If this is your passion then this is the best course is for you! Find the details in the link given below-

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PARENTS' LIFE COACH CERTIFICATION

Who can join?

If you love to help parents to build strong relationships with their children then this is the perfect certification for you. If you have worked as a counsellor, coach, teacher, housewife or social worker, you may like to learn this skill of coaching parents.

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM

These are the three areas where we provide the Train the Trainer Program.

1. EI for Children
2. EI for Teens
3. EI for Adults

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MEQ SEL EDUCATOR TRAINING PROGRAM

Who can join?

This SEL training program is created for teachers, educators, coaches, counsellors, and individuals who wish to become Life Skills teachers or bring Social and Emotional Learning skills into the classroom.

DETAILS

CONTACT US!

WhatsApp - +91-9354525069 | Email - [email protected] | www.meqacademy.com