Enhance Emotional Literacy Archives • Six Seconds

Celebrating Feelings: Emotions for Thriving (episode 10)

In two inspiring, interactive, authentic conversations, we’ll get to the essential basic for mental wellbeing: Talking about feelings.

Unlocking the Power of Emotions: Yale Emotion Scientist Shares Personal Story of Healing

Marc Brackett says the process started by liberating himself from judging his own emotions, giving himself permission to feel.

Illuminate: How Are You (Really) Feeling Today?

How can you be more empowered with your emotions? The first step is to be able to correctly label them, in a timely manner – the emotional intelligence skill of enhance emotional literacy.

Emo-Shines: What an Imaginary World with Visible Emotions Can Teach Us About Language, Labeling Emotions, and Practicing EQ

What if every subtle turn of our emotions were immediately obvious to us? And – just for fun – I pondered: What would happen if emotions were also visible to everyone else?

Why “Six Seconds” – About Our Intriguing Name (2019 Update)

The chemicals of emotion affect every living cell in our bodies – but they are quickly recycled – guess how long? Well… we’re called Six Seconds for a reason!

Illuminate: Navigating Anger toward Wisdom

Dive into a beautiful (and true!) story about the power of navigating emotions– and learn how you can transform anger/sadness/grief/confusion into wisdom about yourself and your life’s path.

Expanding Your EQ Toolkit: 7 Tips + Resources to Cultivate Emotional Intelligence

From a chart that deciphers the meaning of dozens of feelings to a video that will change your understanding of empathy, here are 10 free tips + resources to cultivate emotional intelligence.

Illuminate: Who drives you NUTS?

Your ‘Sandpaper Person’ illuminates your own personal beliefs + opportunities for growth. This articles breaks down how to identify + learn from the person who most challenges you.

Illuminate: The Burn Out, Part I

So often, when we are in a hard place, we just want to get out as quickly as possible. But transforming our muck into meaning takes time, acceptance, and understanding. Here is my story of a recent burn out, and how you, too, can transform your muck.

Illuminate: Getting Out of Your Head + Into Your Body

Do you know the difference between feeling hungry and feeling anxious? Four ideas for increasing your brain-body connection.

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.

Illuminate: getting to know your anxiety

A powerful tool for better understanding anxiety

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