Emotional Intelligence

What Your Anger Is Trying to Tell You — A Gospel Guide to Feeling Everything and Losing Nothing

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You Know the Feeling — You Just Don’t Know What to Do With It You are standing at the glass wall of your office and your chest is tight. Something happened — a betrayal, a dismissal, an injustice that landed harder than you…

Venting Feels Productive — but It’s Costing You More Than You Think

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It feels like processing. You pull a peer aside, replay what happened, lay out your case, and for a few minutes the validation hits — yes, you were wronged, yes that was unfair. But here is what venting actually does: it rehearses the offense, recruits…

The Anger Was Real — What She Did With It Changed Everything

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals She poured into a direct report — mentored her, championed her, gave her everything she had because she knew developing leaders underneath her was the path forward. What she did not know was that the person she was building up was working to…

How to Reset When Your Chest Is Still in the Last Meeting

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Intentional Growth in the Minutes Between Meetings You click “Leave meeting,” the Zoom window disappears, and your calendar says you have three minutes until the next call. On the outside, you navigated that conversation just fine—no raised voice, no obvious mistake, numbers mostly…

When Your Reactions Run Ahead of Your Faith: A Simple CHEW to Lead from a Loved Heart

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-09 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Opening: Growing Up Your Inner Life as Fast as Your Leadership You know the feeling. You are standing by the window in your office, reading a tough email or replaying a meeting, and your reactions are already three steps ahead of your faith.…

The Conversation Ended — but Your Body Is Still in It

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You step out of the conference room and the meeting is over, but your chest has not gotten the memo. Your jaw is tight. Your pulse is still running hot. The words replay — what was said, what you wish you had said,…

The Guilt That Follows a Good Boundary

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-03 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You said no to the late meeting. You protected the evening the way you and God mapped it out this weekend, and now you are exactly where you said you wanted to be—at the table while your son works three feet away. But…

I Said I Was Sorry — So Why Does It Still Feel Like I’m Failing?

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-03-30 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals When the Tears Dry and the Real Work Begins You said it. You meant it. You confessed the thing — to God, to your spouse, to your pastor, maybe to a counselor. The night it came out was the worst night of your…

When Your Tone Said Something Your Words Didn’t

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-03-28 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You know the moment. You say all the “right” words in a meeting, but the second they leave your mouth you see your teammate’s face change, and you realize your tone carried something very different than what you intended. Your jaw was already…

When Strong Feelings Become Wise Leadership

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-03-20 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You have been in that room. The conversation heats up, stakes are high, and you feel a surge—frustration, disappointment, maybe even anger—rising in your chest while everyone watches to see what you will do with it. For years you were told to “keep…