President Joyce Hunter rang the bell to bring the meeting to order at 12:30. We sang My Country tis of Thee, accompanied by Jody Tull. Arthur Williams read some meaningful quotes from Nelson Mandela. Dave Koesaian, dressed in his Hawiian shirt, led us in singing Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific. President Joyce introduced guests and thanked the people who make the meeting run smoothly.

Notes from the Program

Rich Sheridan introduced our speaker, Doug Moffat. Doug was a member of our club for several years so knew many of us. Doug now lives in Brighton and belongs to the Brighton Rotary Club. After a long career with Northwest Mutual Life, Doug started a private practice as a professional business coach. His talk “How is your emotional health in the midst of emotional crisis, havoc and uncertainty across the globe?”  Doug gave us some helpful tips on emotional intelligence.

Emotions are strong and powerful and figure prominently in mental health. Managing and growing from them are foundational to our individual definitions to what a ‘good life’ looks like. They are both a blessing and a curse. Emotional literacy recognizes that emotions are data sent by our bodies. We need to be aware and sensitive to emotions in the people who surround us. Doug gave us three things to think about before we speak or respond: Do I need to say this? Do I need to say this now? Does this need to be said at all?

In the spirit of fun, Doug sprayed the room with three pickleball balls, asking the people who retrieved them (none were caught) for their takeaway from his talk. He concluded his remarks defining a Good Day as one in which we had fun, thought, and cried.

Doug had two handouts: Click here to view the wheel of emotions, and click here to view the 3Q Rule.

President Joyce closed the meeting leading us in reciting The Four Way Test.