EQ Story from London
My EQ story Spencer Nash,Financial Services Industry Participant in Six Seconds’ London EQ Certification Course Emotional Intelligence? Lots of people talked about it. There were books on it and...
View ArticleStressed for Good: Surprising New Science about Stress
Stress is getting a whole new look thanks to Kelly McGonigal in her latest book The Upside of Stress. How you think about stress matters. “When you change your mind about stress you can change your...
View ArticleHow Do I Control Emotions Better?
It’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...
View ArticleHigh EQ Linked to Lower Test Anxiety
Does taking a test cause you to break into a cold sweat and your mind to go blank? You may have test anxiety. Test anxiety is real, and it can be debilitating if you are in college, elementary school...
View ArticleGetting Unstuck: The Power of Naming Emotions
Recent neuroscience reveals a remarkable attribute of our brains — and how we can bring our thinking and feeling together to make our daily lives much better. And isn’t that what emotional intelligence...
View ArticleSmell, Perception, and the Hidden Cost of Stress
If you walked into a business, could you tell how the person who greets you is feeling by the way they smell? I greet hundreds of people at work every day, and the answer to this question shocked me. I...
View ArticleHow to Overcome Anxiety: The Power of Renaming Emotions
Research shows that a few simple emotional tools can help you overcome anxiety and lead to better performance. This is a sequel to my article on naming emotions, Getting Unstuck: The Power of Naming...
View ArticleNavigate Emotions in the Six Seconds Model of EQ
Managing emotions could be helpful... but that implies stuffing them away. How can we HARNESS the wisdom and power of feelings to help us move? The post Navigate Emotions in the Six Seconds Model of EQ...
View ArticleThe Life of the Party: How to Thrive Socially with Emotional Intelligence
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View ArticlePutting Social Emotional Learning into Action: 5 Essentials to Make Schools...
Q: What will it take to make schools into great places to learn? A: Here's a free kit to discuss the research plus answers from top EQ education experts. The post Putting Social Emotional Learning into...
View ArticleLessons in Wellbeing: Looking at the 2017 World Happiness Report
The key 7 factors of happiness & wellbeing from countries around the world. The post Lessons in Wellbeing: Looking at the 2017 World Happiness Report appeared first on Six Seconds.
View ArticleWhat’s at the Summit? SEL in Indian Schools
SEL @ The World EQ Summit in Dubai and Mumbai: Let's get a glimpse of two education sessions from experts in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) The post What’s at the Summit? SEL in Indian Schools...
View ArticleFour Steps to A More Intentional Life
A life coach shares her approach to practicing a life full of vision, meaning, and treasure hunts. The post Four Steps to A More Intentional Life appeared first on Six Seconds.
View ArticleIlluminate: What Leaves Could You Shed?
A 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. The post Illuminate: What Leaves Could...
View ArticleExpanding Your EQ Toolkit: 7 Tips + Resources to Cultivate Emotional...
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. The post...
View ArticleYour Limiting Belief Demystified (by Your Sandpaper Person)
It'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...
View ArticleIlluminate: 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. The post...
View ArticleHello Anxiety: 3 Tips for Using EQ to Navigate Worry
Anxiety is a pervasive challenge; learning more about EQ helps to wrangle it back into the background. The post Hello Anxiety: 3 Tips for Using EQ to Navigate Worry appeared first on Six Seconds.
View Article“What’s Important Here?”: Your Anxiety Is Telling You Something Valuable
In some cases, reframing anxiety as excitement works. But in others, your anxiety is telling you something valuable, and it's better to just listen. The post “What’s Important Here?”: Your Anxiety Is...
View ArticleEmo-Shines: What an Imaginary World with Visible Emotions Can Teach Us About...
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? The post Emo-Shines: What an...
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