Navigate Emotions is one of the core competencies in the Six Seconds Model of Emotional Intelligence. It’s the ability to assess, harness, and transform emotions as a strategic resource.
Here’s how to use emotional intelligence to break out of a fixed mindset of “knowing the answer” and make your own (difficult) emotions an ally as a coach.
Read MoreAs people become more volatile around us, our brains’ natural response is to also become more reactive. Coaching provides a perfect opportunity to step out of this cycle of escalation, but it’s a difficult emotional puzzle; here’s a map of the process with three emotional intelligence tips for coaches.
Read MoreSometimes change is easy, but when we get stuck, big, difficult feelings emerge. While some coaches are ill-equipped to engage those challenging feelings, it’s a prime opportunity for transformational coaching.
Read MoreManaging emotions could be helpful… but that implies stuffing them away. How can we HARNESS the wisdom and power of feelings to help us move?
Read MoreAre you fighting against your own feelings? There’s a better way to handle emotions to support wellbeing — 12 easy ways to practice emotional intelligence
Read MoreWhat can you do? Emotional intelligence tips to build bridges and collaborate better even when it’s challenging.
Read MoreTraffic is always stressful, right? Turns out, there’s a secret neuroscience tip about naming emotions that can help. It’s simple and powerful.
Read MoreBiodots are a low-cost, easy way to help your clients become more self-aware – here’s how to use them.
Read MoreIn two inspiring, interactive, authentic conversations, we’ll get to the essential basic for mental wellbeing: Talking about feelings.
Read MoreFiring 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.
Read MoreMarc Brackett says the process started by liberating himself from judging his own emotions, giving himself permission to feel.
Read MoreThis week, we’ll dive in + explore a practical technique for navigating feelings that just seem to linger.
Read MoreWhat 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?
Read MoreIn some cases, reframing anxiety as excitement works. But in others, your anxiety is telling you something valuable, and it’s better to just listen.
Read MoreDive 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.
Read MoreAnxiety is a pervasive challenge; learning more about EQ helps to wrangle it back into the background.
Read MoreIt’s prickly, but it’s worth it. Learn more about your own limiting belief + tools for working through it, all thanks to the person who most annoys you. Take this moment to learn compassion- for yourself and for them.
Read MoreFrom 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.
Read MoreA powerful new framework for the season of fall: Take a moment this week to become clear about what is essential to YOU. And honor that the rest might shed away.
Read MoreWant to know how to practice emotional intelligence? Here are 10 expert tips from our worldwide network to choose yourself more effectively.
Read MoreA life coach shares her approach to practicing a life full of vision, meaning, and treasure hunts.
Read MoreHow do we deal with difficult emotions in an emotionally intelligent way? Doing so is essential for your overall wellbeing.
Read MoreIt’s one of the most frequent questions in emotional intelligence workshops worldwide. How can I get better at controlling my feelings? The language of this question reveals a bias that there are bad emotions requiring control – which means exerting power to subdue. Here’s a simply radical shift in perspective: How can I get better at harnessing […]
Read MoreStress kills… or does it? In the light of new neuroscience, maybe it’s time rethink stress – which might just save your life.
Read MoreWhy do we react – explode – shut down… and how can we use insights from current neuroscience to be less reactive?
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