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The Courage to Be Known: Using Emotional Intelligence to Move Your Coaching Practice Forward

What's really stopping you from taking the next step in your coaching practice?

Most coaches don't struggle with coaching — they struggle with being seen as a coach. The hesitation to reach out, the pitch that never gets written, the website that's almost ready: these aren't failures of skill or strategy. They're patterns — often driven by emotions we haven't quite named yet.

In this session, we'll use emotional intelligence to look honestly at what gets in the way of growing a coaching practice, and what becomes possible when we bring more clarity and courage to the steps we keep postponing. You'll leave with a new lens on your own patterns, and a concrete next step you actually feel ready to take.

⭐ Key Takeaways

How to identify the emotional patterns that quietly block your growth as a coach

A practical EQ framework for moving from avoidance to aligned action

A clearer sense of your value — and the courage to communicate it

⭐ Who Should Join

Coaching Connections is for coaches, aspiring coaches, and anyone using emotional intelligence in a helping or development role. Whether you're just starting out or deepening an established practice, this session will offer real tools and honest reflection to support your next step.

Learn more about Six Seconds' emotional intelligence coach certification — accredited at the highest level by the International Coaching Federation, and one of a handful of programs in the world that also grants master's-level academic credit.

⭐ Why Join Live

By joining live, you'll have the chance to engage with the Six Seconds global coaching community, reflect in real time, and walk away with something specific and actionable — not just ideas to think about later.

⭐ Why We Do This

Six Seconds is a global nonprofit dedicated to making emotional intelligence practical and measurable; we know that growing EQ works better together, so we're working to build a thriving global community. Learn more about our mission here, and join us.


The Courage to Be Known: Using Emotional Intelligence to Move Your Coaching Practice Forward

Format:Virtual

Start Date:May 21, 2026

Time:09:00 AM, America/Los_Angeles

Facilitator:Mariaelena Welch, MCC; Joshua Freedman, MCC

Schedule Details

Live-online Zoom -- plus we'll send the recording to everyone who registers to watch the replay anytime.


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Free

Who Should Join

Leaders building a coach-approach, coaches, aspiring coaches ICF coaches: Earn 1.5 CCEs

Six Seconds is a community of changemakers contributing to a world of insight, connection, and purpose.

We think the world would be a better place if a billion people were practicing the skills of emotional intelligence (EQ). So, we research and share scientific, global, transformational tools & methods to support that goal.

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