Women in Leadership: The Emotional Intelligence Skills That Drive Workplace Wellbeing
What a study of 43,080 women across 114 countries tells us about thriving, and what organizations can do about it
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Emotional intelligence skills are one key resource to support mental and emotional wellbeing, and these articles share insights and practical tips to use EQ to fuel wellbeing.
Resource Caravan: What would you take on a journey of a lifetime? New Research on Women Leaders Wellbeing and Emotional Intelligence
What resources will help you on your “journey of a lifetime”? Insights from new research on women leaders, wellbeing & emotional intelligence
Read MoreHarnessing Emotional Intelligence: How Sara Canna Supports Employees and Transforms People’s Lives at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Emotional intelligence is more than just a buzzword—it’s a transformative tool that can reshape how we navigate challenges, build relationships, and thrive in demanding environments. Discover how Sara Canna brought EQ to the World Health Organization, empowering employees to manage change, stress, and personal growth.
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence to Reduce Teacher Burnout: EQ Education News
Is it burnout season? Teachers and parents everywhere are ready for a break. There’s never been a better time to practice emotional intelligence. In this month’s newsletter we explore how emotional intelligence can help with educator burnout. Keep reading for EQ research and resources you can use for you, your faculty and students.
Read MoreState of the Heart: We’re Facing a Global Human Energy Crisis
New analysis from the world’s largest study of emotional intelligence on the social and emotional aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreNew Research: 4-Day Workweek Improves Employee Wellbeing and Company Revenue
Global pilot program correlated with dramatic improvements in employee’s mental and physical health – and company’s bottom line results.
Read MoreTechnology Loneliness: EQ Tips from Daniel Goleman
In the chaos of contemporary life, how do we maintain connection to self and others? Two of the world’s preeminent experts on emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman and Joshua Freedman, discuss in an engaging Q&A.
Read MoreThe Surprising Science of Social Connection
The research is clear: strong social connections predict the quantity and quality of our days. So in an era marked by loneliness and superficial connection, how can we build the connections we need to thrive?
Read MorePOP-UP Movement: Emotional Intelligence Everywhere
POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day brought EQ to every corner of the world, activated 15k volunteers in 3900 Cities, reaching 1.67 million people.
Read MoreThe Secret to a Long Life?
A recent study found that having a life purpose significantly decreased a person’s risk of dying, even more so than typical health risks like drinking, smoking or not exercising regularly. So what’s your purpose?
Read MoreHello Anxiety: 3 EQ Tips to Navigate Worry
Anxiety is a pervasive challenge; learning more about EQ helps to wrangle it back into the background.
Read MoreIlluminate: What’s Behind Your Mask?
How often do we wear masks? Do we actually spend most (or all) of our lives wearing a protective costume so that we can hide who we really are? Learn about your unique masks in this simple + meaningful activity.
Read MoreWant a Good Long Life? 1 Clear Answer from Research
“It’s useful to know it’s a choice worth making.” The results from an 80-year-long research study clearly identify what we should focus on for a long and fulfilled life.
Read MoreIlluminate: What’s Your Brain’s Extreme Habit?
A guide to tempering it for better decision making. Dive into your own brain’s extreme preferences + explore some tools for teaching your brain that there is indeed a different way to look at things.
Read MoreFrom 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.
Read MorePracticing Music: Creating Food for the Soul
Do you embrace “practice” in your life? Meet professional musician who’s gives away her practice time to enhance others.
Read MoreDaniel Goleman on Emotions, Wellbeing & Mindfulness
“Ultimate wellbeing has nothing to do with what’s outside us,” says Daniel Goleman. What would happen if we could fully take charge of our own wellbeing… and what’s the neuroscience that will help make it so?
Read MoreIncrease Wellbeing Practicing Self-Compassion
Be compassionate… not just to others, but starting with yourself.
Read More3 Tips to Turn Turbulent Emotions into Resources
A deluge of violence and trauma in our headlines leaves me feeling… a thunderstorm. How can emotions fuel wellbeing in the face of this onslaught?
Read MoreCoaching with Computers? 3 Life-Changing Insights from the Neural Net
For emotional intelligence coaches, a new AI tool is helping them go deeper with clients. Find out how.
Read More20 Outstanding Books on Emotional Intelligence
Here’s a wonderful collection of books about emotional intelligence, including six key concepts for every parent to share with children (and books to do so!)
Read MoreStepping Out of the Shadow of Perfect
How can we counter the shadow of perfectionism? Increasing self-compassion and empathy will free us to be our best.
Read MoreA Curious Case For Boredom
Tired of feeling bored? Finally we can understand the reasons behind the feelings of being trapped, restlessness, lack of challenge, and lack of purpose.
Read MoreStressed for Good: Surprising New Science about Stress
Stress kills… or does it? In the light of new neuroscience, maybe it’s time rethink stress – which might just save your life.
Read MoreDon’t Settle for Happiness: Make Life Worth Living
How do you increase happiness, and is that a useful goal? What do we mean by happiness anyway? Using emotional intelligence we can go from ‘happy’ to ‘thriving.’
Read MorePhysiology of Emotion, Exercise, and Change
I was recently talking to a group about the fact that we can choose how we feel. “But didn’t you say emotions are an automatic biological response?” Yes, in fact, I did… but don’t we have choice about our biology? I remember years ago interviewing neurobiologist Debra Niehoff about the way some people seemed […]
Read MoreAddressing 21st Century Issues with Emotional Intelligence: A conversation with Daniel Goleman and The Six Seconds EQ Network
Read MoreExercise or Die? Emotional Intelligence and Health
For the past 20 years, my most rigorous exercise has been carrying my laptop around the world. Still, when I went to the doctor for a checkup (finally), I was surprised and dismayed by my blood pressure. [This article was first published 12/21/2005 — the good news: I’ve come to like exercise!] Over the years […]
Read MorePhysics of Emotion: Candace Pert on Feeling Good
“Emotions are literally changing the chemistry of every cell of your body,” says Dr. Pert, “and affecting the world outside your body.”
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