Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and happiness. In this deeply moving, humorous and potentially life-changing talk, she challenges a culture that prizes positivity over emotional truth and discusses the powerful strategies of emotional agility. A talk to share.
What is your purpose in life? In this video from Soul Pancake, people from 0 to 100, or actually 105, answer this fundamental question. A funny, cool video that you could use with clients for teaching about noble goals.
Six Seconds’ Emotoscope Feeling Chart lists dozens of emotions, the purpose they serve, and the physical sensations associated with them. An amazing tool for enhancing emotional literacy.
“Having feelings isn’t a sign of weakness.” – Nikki Weber tells her story of being open about depression and anxiety. A powerful, beautiful story.
A beautiful breakdown of what social emotional learning is and why it’s important.
Want to be the best speaker you can be? Whether it’s at a company meeting, a sales pitch, or a school board meeting, these simple but powerful tips will help you make sure that your body language is helping you.
Mariano Sigman talks about the experiments he has done with Dan Ariely into how groups make decisions. Turns out that both a diversity of opinions and deliberation help bring about good decisions.
In this short video, Daniel Goleman talks about the amazing benefits of meditation in treating a wide range of mental illnesses – including ADD, PTSD, anxiety and depression.
Six Seconds Consultant May Duong talks about how she used the EAR process to deal with her 5-year-old son when he is really riled up- and the secret started with really engaging his curiosity.
What steps should you take before you take the stage for a presentation? In this short video, world champion of public speaking Dananjaya Hettiarachchi goes over his process for preparing for a presentation – and it’s remarkably similar to Six Seconds’ E-A-R process.
Pop star Bruno Mars sings about having a growth mindset with the cast from Sesame Street. A fun, catchy song with a good message for kids.
This beautiful ad from Google looks at the most searched phrases of 2017 – and what it revelas about our collective search for empathy and connection.
These two amazing friends have a lot in common – expect for their political beliefs. This is how they have practiced engaging in dialogue – instead of debates – about politics. Hint: they needed to welcome in empathy, and replace judgment with questions.
In this short but amazing video, Apple Founder Steve Jobs reflects on his life and how his terminal cancer changed his perspective. It could be very useful to talk about Pursuing Noble Goals.
Once you have paused to try to deescalate a situation, what do you do next? Josh Freedman and Susan Stillman discuss the answer to this question, and even gives us the 3 As for parents to consider.
Actor Justin Baldoni talks about his struggle breaking down the stereotypes of masculinity – funny, engaging, amazing.
This article from Cafe Quill shares tip for resolving conflict with another employee. It includes a pretty awesome infographic about how much time we spend in conflict and work – and what we can do about it. To see the infographic, click on the link at the bottom.
Lynette Vaive, now the Regional Network Director for North America, talks about the importance of recognizing emotions in times of change- and a framework for how to do that.
In this video from The Atlantic, organizational psychologist Adam Grant discusses the importance of – and strategies for – raising resilient kids.
A growing body of research reveals that looking at someone’s eyes is a great way to find out what they are thinking, and this article from Scientific American Mind takes a look at that research.
