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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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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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What Your Brain Style Says About Decision-Making
Did you know that your brain style may be affecting your decision making? Find out your brain style + see how it may be impacting your ability to make great decisions.
Need Help Making a Decision? Try Mixed Emotions Cards
Have you ever had really mixed feelings about a decision or a choice you have to make? It can paralyze the decision making process and cause us to waffle endlessly back and forth. The Mixed Emotions card deck embraces the complexity of emotions and turns them into an asset for decision making.
Three Steps to Identifying Your Goals + Obstacles
The only person who has the responsibility to prioritize you IS you. Take a mindful moment to build self-awareness, set your goals, and Choose Yourself.
Solomon’s Paradox: How to Unleash the Wisdom Within
Solomon’s Paradox is people’s tendency to think more wisely about other people’s problems than their own. Researchers have proven it to be real – and found a simple technique to overcome it. Learn how and get a free worksheet to put it into practice!
7 Decision Making Insights Everyone Should Know
Warning: These 7 decision making insights are based on the latest neuroscience research and could lead to permanently improved decision making.
From Destruction to Life: A Case Study
When a child’s behavior devolves toward destruction, how can they find a way back toward health? A powerful story of how emotional intelligence helps.
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