by Patty Freedman | May 6, 2026 | Six Seconds
Can we make the world a better place by practicing emotional intelligence? Here’s a guide to doing your bit, and fueling your own motivation to keep going
by Joshua Freedman | Apr 26, 2026 | EQ Life
Learn how emotional intelligence and self-compassion can help you move toward thriving, with 50+ research-based practices for flourishing. What if mental health isn’t just the absence of illness — but a continuum from surviving to full vitality?
by Six Seconds | Apr 9, 2026 | EQ Education
80 college students received emotional intelligence training, then led a citywide kindness festival for 400 second-graders & 300 first-year university students. A controlled study measured what happened — for both the children and the leaders.
by Patty Freedman | Mar 29, 2026 | EQ Life
Your authenticity, your sparkle, is not just who you are at your best — it’s also one of your greatest assets. Here’s how to use emotional intelligence to make your authentic sparkle shine.
by Joshua Freedman | Mar 23, 2026 | Six Seconds
Your feelings travel in packs. Learn how the Emotion Constellation model reveals the hidden connections between feelings — and the deeper needs they share.
by Patty Freedman | Mar 1, 2026 | EQ Life
When you’re facing an internal conflict, emotions can become confusing. Here’s how to “look beneath the surface” to discover the needs hiding behind your feelings.
by Patty Freedman | Feb 3, 2026 | EQ Life
What really fuels motivation? Recent neuroscience offers a suprising formula for fueling performance from the inside ou
by Patty Freedman | Jan 2, 2026 | Six Seconds
Six Second is the global nonprofit working to increase the world’s emotional intelligence. Here’s what we created together in 2025
by Joshua Freedman | Dec 28, 2025 | EQ Business
Leading change in times of uncertainty requires more than strategy. Learn why emotional transitions, trust, and purpose drive sustainable change.
by Patty Freedman | Dec 7, 2025 | Six Seconds
Discover how emotional intelligence can ease holiday stress, reshape old patterns, and help you create traditions that feel meaningful, supportive, and truly yours.
by Joshua Freedman | Dec 2, 2025 | EQ Business
AI adoption challenges are emotional before they’re technical. Learn how fear, curiosity, and emotional intelligence shape whether AI succeeds in your workplace.
by Joshua Freedman | Nov 20, 2025 | EQ Business, EQ Life
Want to increase trust with someone? Try this challenging-but-rewarding framework for requesting trust.
by Six Seconds | Nov 18, 2025 | EQ Business, Six Seconds
Discover how emotional intelligence can help healthcare professionals reduce burnout, strengthen teamwork, and improve patient care.
by Alexandra Tanon-Olsson | Nov 17, 2025 | Six Seconds
Discover how the Unlocking EQ course helped transform challenges into growth, connection, and purposeful living through three powerful life lessons.
by Joshua Freedman | Nov 10, 2025 | EQ Business
When facing challenges leading team change, increasing trust, vitality and purpose are key factors to success.
by Patty Freedman | Nov 7, 2025 | Six Seconds
From sleep to reflection, explore the 7 types of rest that restore balance, spark creativity, and boost wellbeing.
by Joshua Freedman | Nov 3, 2025 | Coaching, EQ Business
On average, you and every person you interact with is experiencing more distress than you did just a few years ago. The heightened level of struggle presents a profound leadership challenge – here’s how to use emotional intelligence to handle difficult emotions, starting with your own.
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 25, 2025 | Six Seconds
Emotions are messages from your body and brain. Learn what emotions are, why we feel them, and how emotional intelligence helps us use them wisely.
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 18, 2025 | EQ Business, EQ Life
Want more clarity about how much you trust someone? Try these 3 techniques for assessing trust in a relationship.
by Patty Freedman | Oct 7, 2025 | Six Seconds
Discover how to turn sensitivity into strength — explore the science of empathy, balance emotions, and use compassion as your superpower.
by Joshua Freedman | Oct 5, 2025 | Six Seconds
When “our emotional buckets are running low,” we need to both stop the leaks AND refill our buckets. Here’s how to use emotional intelligence to build resilience, even when it feels extra-difficult to do so.
by Joshua Freedman | Sep 8, 2025 | EQ Business
The emotional recession is making every interaction harder. Discover five EQ strategies to rebuild resilience, trust, and connection at work and beyond.
by Patty Freedman | Sep 8, 2025 | Six Seconds
Discover the science of anticipation—how looking forward with hope boosts resilience, lowers stress, and helps you practice joy in advance.
by Patty Freedman | Aug 18, 2025 | EQ Life, Six Seconds
Why is it so hard to say what we really think? And feel? This post is a guide for using emotional intelligence to speak up for what matters.
by Joshua Freedman | Aug 10, 2025 | Coaching
Transform how you coach self awareness with this social approach that helps clients move beyond binary thinking. Includes practical 3-step framework, case study, and coaching tools for handling 360 feedback resistance.