Emotional literacy: The ABC of understanding emotions

Pages:309-316
Sudha Srikanth and Reeta Sonawat (Department of Human Development, SNDT Womens University, Mumbai)

Emotional Literacy is the ability to recognize, understand and appropriately express our emotions. Just as literacy is the basic building-block for reading and writing, emotional literacy is the basis for perceiving and communicating emotions. To become emotionally intelligent, one has to be thorough with the feeling words. Becoming emotionally literate is learning the alphabet, grammar and vocabulary of our emotional lives and thus is a key to living a full rich life. Emotional Literacy is a profound, beautiful language available to everyone which can be implemented rapidly and safely. Learning how to become emotionally literate is one of the best investments that human beings can make for themselves, their children, and the future.