Introduction to a new series! The focus for most students when they study with learning is to identify what they are doing in their learning process and make changes, e.g. better learning strategies, improving habits.

Yet the often unspoken reality is that as human beings, much of learning has nothing to do with the cognitive side, but rather the emotional. There is plenty of research that all point to the same overarching conclusion: our emotions impact our learning. Still, we don't invest time and energy into addressing the emotional impact on learning.

In this new series, I want to have some frank discussions about my experience with students and with myself to show just how important it is to become emotionally intelligent human beings, and to give it greater priority than we already do.