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POPUP Festival
Celebrated in 200+ countries in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day, POP-UP Festivals are free wellbeing festivals that help kids grow their emotional intelligence. Provided with free, playful, meaningful activities, hosts all over the world bring essential skills to youth.

Climate of Emotions
Climate of Emotions (COE) is a leadership training program for young climate activists to build emotional skills – so they can be more effective in their work on climate action and build the inner resilience required for long-term work on environmental sustainability.

EQ Cafes
EQ Cafés are a 2-hour, interactive, cost-free learning workshop led all around the world by trained volunteers who are passionate about increasing the world’s emotional intelligence. Gain skills, meet others in your area, and learn the latest neuroscience around emotions.

Download the Practicing EQ eBook
This eBook offers beautiful, simple techniques for making emotional intelligence a bigger part of your daily life. Learn 8 facts about emotions and do activities to put them into action →

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At Six Seconds, we believe in the practice of emotional intelligence. Come meet inspirational practitioners from all over the world and explore key EQ topics in community →

Get Certified with Six Seconds
Want to learn tools and methods to transform your relationship with yourself and others? Join us for Unlocking EQ, EQ Practitioner or another world class certification training program →
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Recognize Patterns in the Six Seconds Model of EQ
Recognizing Patterns is one of the core competencies of “Know Yourself” in the Six Seconds Model. Explore what it means and how to use it.
Enhance Emotional Literacy
Emotional literacy helps you notice, name, and understand feelings. This provides critical information about you (and about others), which gives you insight into the core drivers of behavior. This understanding is also key to managing your reactions.
Women Lead the Post-COVID Comeback, but at What Cost?
New emotional intelligence data reveals a growing gender gap in the mental health recovery from the pandemic.
3 Coaching Tools for Shifting Out of Problematic Patterns
When coaching clients say, “I KNOW this, but I’m still having trouble changing…” Here’s what drives that system, and simply effective tools to get unstuck.
New Research: India’s Emotional Intelligence Paradox
This report by Stone Leadership Consulting examines India’s emotional intelligence through the lens of its greatest strengths, areas of opportunity, and notable demographic trends.
Voices from the Network: Cynthia Kitagawa
We had a chance to chat with Cynthia Kitagawa recently to learn more about her journey as a coach in the Six Seconds Network. Growth is a priority for Cynthia.
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