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Learn how to practice emotional intelligence with a welcoming global community. Strengthen your life and relationships with these essential skills and set yourself up for personal and professional success.
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Welcome to Six Seconds. We’re a global nonprofit dedicated to growing emotional intelligence. Want to join us?
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Our mission is growing the world’s emotional intelligence. Yes, that means you! Learn at your own pace with the Practicing EQ eBook, or join us for a live event →
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Join our volunteer-led campaigns to support wellbeing for the next generation. Learn more about how to get involved with these global movements →
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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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The Power of Presence: Strengthening Relationships with Emotional Intelligence
In a fast-paced world filled with distractions, true connection often feels rare. But by choosing to be fully present in our conversations, we can improve relationships, build trust, and become better versions of ourselves. Learn how deep listening, empathy, and emotional intelligence can help you create the meaningful connections you long for, both with others and within yourself.
Trust: How It’s Built, Broken, and Repaired
Discover how trust is built, broken, and repaired—at work and in life. Explore key models and actionable strategies to strengthen trust and drive performance.
How Emotional Intelligence Creates Transformation: Theory of Change Research
Research: How do people start learning emotional intelligence… and what happens? The Theory of Change creates a framework for transformation fuelled by authentic, purposeful connection.
Breaking Free from Phone Addiction: A 3-Step to Emotional Intelligence Guide to Stop Scrolling and Start Connecting
Is your phone controlling your time more than you realize? Discover how a simple three-step emotional intelligence approach can help you break free from endless scrolling and reconnect with what truly matters.
The Science of Achieving Your Goals
How to achieve any goal you have in 6 simple steps – boosted with emotional intelligence insights.
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real
We tested top GenAI models’ emotional intelligence—what we found reveals insights that every leader needs to know and will change the way you lead in an AI-powered world.
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