In this article, Six Seconds contributor Dr. Granville D’Souza offers tips for making better, more informed decisions with consequential thinking.
Apply Consequential Thinking to Improve Decision Making
Does Your Classroom Cultivate Student Resilience?
In this article from Edutopia, Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell shares five ways to cultivate resilience in the classroom.
Neuroscience of Emotion in Learning
What role do emotions play in learning – and how can we use that knowledge to create better learning environments? This white paper and accompanying slides break down groundbreaking neuroscience research on the role of emotions in learning. A must read for educators, parents and anyone who wants to be a more effective learner or […]
Mindfulness Meditation Linked to Stronger EQ Skills
Research links mindfulness meditation to a number of EQ skills. How much do you need to meditate and what are the benefits? The answers are found in these slides – and they may surprise you 🙂
What Is Engaging Intrinsic Motivation?
In this video, Six Seconds Program Manager Yoshimi Miyazaki breaks down the components of intrinsic motivation. A great way to deepen your understanding of this competency.
S.O.S. Conflict Resolution Steps
This worksheet from Teaching Tolerance looks at conflict managers’ steps to resolve a conflict. A great resource for educators or parents to use to help kids resolve conflicts in an emotionally intelligent way.
Modern Technology and Mindfulness
Do you ever find yourself switching between multiple forms of media simultaneously, like checking emails, web browsing, and listening to music? I know I do. Research suggests that this switching, known as media multitasking, diminishes one’s ability focus. But further research shows that those effects can be reversed. These slides break down both studies.
Opportunity or Setback?
This research summary looks at how parents’ views on failure influences children’s mindsets on intelligence. A fascinating look at how children form mindsets about intelligence – a must read for educators and parents.
Optimism and Health
These slides summarize some fascinating research on the relationship between optimism and health. What better reasons could there be to exercise optimism than lower rehospitalization rates, less heart disease, and longer lives?
EQ Museum Exercise
In this exercise, participants will be asked to think about a museum that is all about EQ. In answering the following questions, participants will come to a deeper understanding of the meaning and importance of EQ.
Circle of Intention: A Practitioner’s Worksheet
This worksheet is an exercise from the EQ practitioner course. In the 5 outermost areas, write down the following areas of your life: Personal, Family, Work, Play, Community. In the gray areas, write down the characteristics and qualities you want in that area of your life. For example, under Family I would write: honesty, open […]
The Business Case for EQ
What’s the latest research on emotional intelligence in business? How does EQ increase value in organizations? This free ebook from Six Seconds summarizes the latest research and makes the business case for EQ
Pattern Worksheet
This is is an exercise to help you become more aware of your patterns – and empower you to change those that don’t suit you
The Book of Life: Honesty – and Denial
This chapter from the Book of Life is on Emotional Skills, specifically the different ways in which people deal with emotions that they have not been able to accept. A fascinating look into the roundabout ways we sometimes ´deal´with emotions.
Hot Cognition Checklist
Use this checklist to evaluate your lessons. How many of these best practices are you incorporating? By using practices like these, educators can improve retention and strengthen students’ ability to process information – and make school into a more positive experience for everyone involved.
7 Tools to Help Your Child Deal with Conflict
When we are receptive to multiple perspectives, it leads us to less conflict and animosity in our interactions, and allows allowing creativity and innovation to show up for us. Learning how to deal with conflict creates an ideal environment in which to solve some of the more challenging problems we face.
Sit With Us
Sit With Us was designed by a 16-year-old girl who was a victim of severe bullying. It was terrible having to eat lunch alone every day, so her goal was to create an app to make sure that no kids felt like they had nowhere to go. So, Sit With Us was created! Inviting others […]
Whole-Hearted Parenting Excerpt
Whole Hearted Parenting shows parents ways to connect with their children so that both parents and children find more happiness and peace in their relationships. Author Joshua Freedman has provided this free excerpt for everyone participating in EQ Children’s Day!
How to Connect with Your Child Every Day
At the end of each school day, when you ask your child, “How was school today?” you probably get a predictable answer. Here are some simple tips on how to ask questions that will yield answers beyond the typical response, “Fine.” and open up pathways for daily connections that are foundational to the parent child […]
Family Emotional Safety Plan
Do you have a plan for dealing with emotional fires? Every single one of us will be overcome with anger, fear or anxiety at some point. Creating a family plan beforehand for dealing with these emotionally charged moments can make all the difference.
