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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.
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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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A 3-D Picture: The 3 Questions That Make Coaching Work
Wow! When coaching works, new possibilities flow, and clients feel an incredible sense of freedom and support. But even good coaches don’t always get that result, and usually it’s because they missed one of the 3 “must have” questions…
The Algebra of Coaching 🌱 Through Challenge
When people face emotional challenges, it’s… well… emotional. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by big feelings of fear & distress, and while sometimes psychological help is needed, most of the time some basic EQ coaching techniques make a big difference. Here’s how.
Identify Your Most Fulfilling Career: A Step-by-Step Guide for Women
A 4-step guide for women to gain clarity and confidence with emotional intelligence.
What Makes an Emotional Intelligence Test Valid?
Emotional intelligence assessments can be impactful and even transformational, but how do you know if a test is accurate and trustworthy?
The Myth of Winning: 3 Steps to Stand Together as Allies
Here’s why we make the boss, a colleague, a customer, spouses and lovers, and even our children into enemies — and a better way. It starts with our brains, and being addicted to the pleasure of righteousness.
The 3 Parts of Empathy: Thoughts, Feelings and Actions
Explore the 3 parts of empathy—thoughts, feelings, and actions—and learn how practicing all three strengthens connection and emotional intelligence.
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