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Emotion AI: A Leader’s Guide to Use Emotional Intelligence for Effective AI Adoption and Change Management

BY Joshua Freedman 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.

Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare: A Quick Check-In Guide to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Burnout

BY Six Seconds EQ Business,Six Seconds,

Discover how emotional intelligence can help healthcare professionals reduce burnout, strengthen teamwork, and improve patient care.

From Challenges to Change: 3 Life Lessons I Learned from Unlocking EQ

BY Alexandra Tanon-Olsson Six Seconds,

Discover how the Unlocking EQ course helped transform challenges into growth, connection, and purposeful living through three powerful life lessons.

No Rest for the Weary: Why Cultivating Rest Is an Art and a Science

BY Patty Freedman Six Seconds,

From sleep to reflection, explore the 7 types of rest that restore balance, spark creativity, and boost wellbeing.

Grappling with Challenging Emotions as a Manager: 18 Effective Emotional Intelligence Strategies

BY Joshua Freedman 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.

What Are Emotions? Understanding the Science and Meaning Behind How We Feel

BY Joshua Freedman 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.

Empathy Isn’t Fragile: Turning Sensitivity into Your Superpower

BY Patty Freedman Six Seconds,

Discover how to turn sensitivity into strength — explore the science of empathy, balance emotions, and use compassion as your superpower.

Resilience in Recessionary Times: Emotional Intelligence Strategies to Stay Grounded in Escalating Challenge

BY Joshua Freedman 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.

The Emotional Recession: Trillions of Dollars, Trillions of Heavy Days

BY Joshua Freedman EQ Business,

The emotional recession is making every interaction harder. Discover five EQ strategies to rebuild resilience, trust, and connection at work and beyond.

Anticipation is Joy in Advance

BY Patty Freedman Six Seconds,

Discover the science of anticipation—how looking forward with hope boosts resilience, lowers stress, and helps you practice joy in advance.

Be Unapologetically You: The Emotional Intelligence Skills for Speaking Up

BY Patty Freedman 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.

Beyond Individual Identity: A Social Approach to Coaching Self Awareness and 360 Feedback

BY Joshua Freedman 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.