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  Coming Soon! Second edition of the popular and award-winning book,  Learning to Feel . Available now on  Kindle  (e-book) and on pre-order at the MSI Press  webstore ! Emotional intelligence on steroids - up close and personal; you will want this, many have already benefitted from reading the first edition.   Watch for a release any day now. Book description:  Understanding the complexities of human behavior and emotional response is no real help when it comes to experiencing feelings. In fact, having studied psychology and emotions as a career got in the way. In order to reconnect to his feelings-or what might be called the experience of the emotional experience-the author had to peel back layer upon layer to unlock the many places where his emotive process had been stuck. Learning to Feel may be one person's journey in emotional discovery, but it serves as a set of trail blazes through the dark forest of discovery for others to follow. Ea...

  excerpt from  Learning to Feel  (Kris Girrell) --  1 I Think I Feel “I still don’t think you’ve done the deep work on yourself,” Sarah told me. “What do you mean? I have gone to therapy and done tons of work to discover the source of it,” I defended. “But you haven’t uncovered the real issue, in my opinion,” she replied. “What were you feeling that caused you to do that?” Sarah has been my marriage partner and partner in life over the last thirty plus years and,  at the same time, the thorn in my side who won’t permit me to ignore or step over issues.  We were talking about a time in our marriage quite some time ago when I allowed myself  to fall into a sexually flirtatious email exchange with an old flame. It was a painful time  that was almost the undoing of our marriage. While I have journaled on it and gone to  therapy on it, all in the effort to discover what in me would allow or cause such an action,  her claim that there is stil...

Review of Learning to Feel by Kris Girrell: "a journey with emotional intelligence that has been missing"   "In 20 years of doing work with leaders, I've only ever pointed people to Dan Goleman's original book on EI. I never had a book that captured the message in the way it was needed for people to hear and want to change. Until now. Kris' book is fantastic and takes you on a journey with emotional intelligence that has been missing. With this book in hand, you'll have personal aha moments and if you work in this space, I will be sending everyone a copy. It's a must read and a refreshing, modern reflection on a topic we all could benefit from learning more about." Kristin Cattafesta, Director of Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion at Capital One and Chief People Officer at LeadersAdvice. AWARDS (FIRST EDITION) Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award Literary Titan gold award For more posts about Kris and his books, click  HERE . To purch...