Emotional Intelligence and treating anxiety among Gen Z and Millennial girls

Akira Olsen, PsyD
9 min readAug 31, 2018

The “space age” was a memorable time in the human history. When man was for the first time able to go outside the planet and literarily not only think out side the box; but “go outside the sphere”. Right now even though the space rush has passed, much of the excitement about space has dwindled, but, one question still remains. Is there life outside? Man has not only been looking for signs of life, but also for signs of intelligence. Two important things, life and intelligence. So, how is life different from intelligence? You may ask. Hear this out.

A definition of intelligence taken from a combination of dictionaries is the ability to learn, understand and adapt to situations. There is a logical, emotional, cognitive and a host of other aspects to intelligence. The major thing is that intelligence entails the ability to understand, learn and adapt (apply the knowledge gained accordingly). Intelligence is not necessarily a characteristic of a living thing. As we know the major characteristics of living things are movement, respiration, nutrition, irritability, growth, excretion, reproduction and death. However, intelligence is not among these characteristics. It can be seen that simple organisms like bacteria and plants don’t show intelligence. At least it is not complex. Some may argue that bacteria may be…

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Akira Olsen, PsyD

Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist, Advisor, Mental Health/ADHD/PTSD Expert, Founder @ Warm - Contact: drakiraolsen@gmail.com