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.

In this week's episode, Utah's First Lady Abby Cox is joined by Kirsten Rappleye (Director of First Lady&rsquo;s Initiatives) and Shelly Smith&nbsp;(Director of Boards and Commissions) to dive into Permission to Feel by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Marc+Brackett+Ph.D.&amp;text=Marc+Brackett+Ph.D.&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books">Marc Brackett Ph.D.,</a> 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.

Join Utah’s First Lady Abby Cox and her friends for timely and candid conversations with fascinating people with unique perspectives in an effort to unite us all through our common humanity. Each week, Abby dives into discussions on topics ranging from education to motherhood to mental health and beyond. 

Abby is an outspoken advocate for “getting proximate” with people who have different viewpoints, and using her platform as Utah’s First Lady to combat the empathy crisis our country is facing. 

Come along with us as we journey to bring courage, compassion and connection back into our homes and communities... and have a lot of fun along the way! THANK YOU for being our friend.

Join Utah&rsquo;s First Lady Abby Cox and her friends for timely and candid conversations with fascinating people with unique perspectives in an effort to unite us all through our common humanity. Each week, Abby dives into discussions on topics ranging from education to motherhood to mental health and beyond.&nbsp;
Abby is an outspoken advocate for &ldquo;getting proximate&rdquo; with people who have different viewpoints, and using her platform as Utah&rsquo;s First Lady to combat the empathy crisis our country is facing.&nbsp;
Come along with us as we journey to bring courage, compassion and connection back into our homes and communities... and have a lot of fun along the way! THANK YOU for being our friend.

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