Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the aptitude a person has for identifying their emotions, regulating them, and wisely acting in accordance with their purpose. Individuals with high EQ are more likely to have satisfying relationships. Fortunately, emotional intelligence is not fixed. Rather it can be cultivated and grown. This course attempts to do just that. To learn more about the course, view the information video and review the details that follow below.

"This course has helped me become more thoughtful about the emotions and feelings of others, as well as more intentional in how I respond to them." - 2025 Course Participant

Course Goals:

• We will learn to better understand our emotional reality.
• We will learn to better understand the emotional reality of others.
• We will learn to better understand how to interact with others given our emotional realities.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence Course
Lesson 1 – The Landscape of Emotional Intelligence.
Lesson 2 – My Emotional Self: Proximity I have with my emotions.
Lesson 3 – My Emotional Self: Substance that makes up my emotion.
Lesson 4 – My Emotional Self: Behavior that comes from my emotion.
Lesson 5 – Another’s Emotional Self: Attuning to the emotions of another.
Lesson 6 – Another’s Emotional Self: Just like me, substance lies behind the emotions of another.
Lesson 7 – Another’s Emotional Self: Viewing people beyond their emotions.
Lesson 8 – Interacting as Emotional Selves: Turning toward people.
Lesson 9 – Interacting as Emotional Selves: Empathizing with people.
Lesson 10 – Interacting as Emotional Selves: Responding to others in their emotion.
Conclusion: Pulling it all together.

Course Expectations:

Participants can plan on spending 40 – 60 minutes per lesson. Content is taught through video teaching. Activities accompany the content to help participants learn and reflect on the content.

Additional Notes:

There are no materials to purchase for this course. All resources are supplied in the online platform.

This course has been designed for individual use.