What would change if leaders trusted feelings instead of pushing past them?

Many of us have learned to push through our feelings rather than listen to them. We get busy, become distracted, or numb ourselves to cope with the daily onslaught… and in the process, we lose access to one of our most valuable sources of guidance. The result? Disconnection from ourselves, difficulty making aligned decisions, and less ability to engage and enroll others. 

Used well, emotions carry vital information about our values, needs, and direction. When we learn to decode these messages, we unlock a form of inner wisdom that helps us navigate complexity, find meaning, and reconnect with what matters most – which is essential for effective people-leadership, and to be better humans.

Key Takeaways:

✅ How to shift from emotional overwhelm to emotional insight — handling emotions gracefully without suppressing what you feel

✅ A practical framework for decoding what different emotions are signaling about your needs and values – reading the data, using intelligence, and moving toward wisdom

✅ Techniques for reconnecting with your inner compass to make more aligned, purposeful decisions – and trusting your own emotional insights

Special Gift

This month is the launch of Emotion Rules - The Science and Practice of Emotional Wisdom, by Joshua Freedman. Everyone attending will get a special invitation to a special session with the author for you and a guest.

Who Should Join

This session is designed for leaders navigating high-pressure, people-intensive environments — and for coaches and changemakers supporting them. If you're responsible for leadership development, employee engagement, culture transformation, or team wellbeing, you'll gain practical tools for helping yourself and others move from emotional overwhelm to emotional clarity.

Why Join Live

While the recording will be available afterward, participating live gives you the chance to interact with the Six Seconds global community — share experiences, test tools in real-time, and get peer feedback in a dynamic, emotionally intelligent group learning space.

Why We Do These Live-Online Free Sessions

Six Seconds is a nonprofit dedicated to increasing emotional intelligence worldwide. Through webinars like this, we aim to build a community of emotionally intelligent changemakers who can turn emotional insight into personal clarity and collective purpose. Join us — together we're creating a world where people thrive by reconnecting with themselves, each other, and what matters most.

Our vision is a billion people practicing emotional intelligence.

Here’s how to bring this work to scale in business.