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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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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 →
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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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How Do You React to Others’ Vulnerability?
Nuanced empathy skills help us develop close relationships, which according to a growing body of research, is the key to a good life.
How to Fire Someone with Emotional Intelligence
Firing someone is emotionally challenging. It’s easily one of the hardest aspects of leadership. Here are practical emotional intelligence tips to do it with compassion, clarity and calm.
Three Tools for Workplace Communication
Communication in the workplace is a constant challenge. Fortunately, research on emotions and the brain has helped clarify key communication tools.
EQ Master Class Project Gallery
How are EQ experts using the tools and methods in the real world? Take a glimpse inside Six Seconds’ Master Class with these powerful projects
Yale’s Marc Brackett Shares Personal Healing Story
Marc Brackett says the process started by liberating himself from judging his own emotions, giving himself permission to feel.
Illuminate: Strengthen the Muscles of Your Optimism
Too often, we tell ourselves, “I can’t…” or “I’ll never…” or “I don’t deserve….” or we forget that we actually have more options than we perceive. We stop trying, we give up, and our muscles of self-determination and freedom wither. Learned Optimism is how we get those muscles back in shape.
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