In this week's episode, Utah's First Lady Abby Cox is joined by Kirsten Rappleye (Director of First Lady’s Initiatives) and Shelly Smith (Director of Boards and Commissions) to dive into Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett Ph.D., how Marc is making an amazing impact on the emotional intelligence within our youth, and how we can all apply RULER to better understand our own emotional intelligence.

Then we talk about the struggles of addressing our emotions due to the lack of shared understanding between others, how our cultural backgrounds can affect our learning abilities, and answer some listener-submitted questions!

Lastly, we talk about how mental health has been at the forefront of the Olympics this year and why it's so important to prioritize our own mental health in order to protect ourselves.