Rethinking Emotions – Science, Resilience and Emotional Intelligence – Live Course – March 11, 2025

Masterclass – Rethinking Emotions
Science, resilience and emotional intelligence

1st date: March 11, 2025 – online
4 modules | 12 participants max
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (including breaks)
Implementation: online (hybrid option possible)

Module 1: March 11, 2025
Module 2: March 18, 2025
Module 3: March 25, 2025
Module 4: April 1, 2025

Your course leaders: Motoki Tonn, Ruben Langwara
Music with Michael Nickel

Prices:
The early bird ticket can be booked until January 31, 2025!

Included:
- Seminar documents and materials
- Access to video recordings (if participating online)

"Categorizing emotions into negative and positive is one of the biggest mistakes in psychology."

Have you ever been angry because you were angry? As a mindful and balanced person, a "negative" emotion like anger is a no-go, isn't it? In the same way, we are told not to let our fear guide us. And we shouldn't mourn a shattered dream and instead look forward. We hear this advice and yet the emotion remains. An emotion is stubborn if we don't understand it. Every emotion has a message for us. This must be heard and accepted. If we understand and use all emotions as guardians of life, this increases our well-being, reduces stress and strengthens our resilience.

In this masterclass, we would like to invite you to rethink emotions. In a total of four modules, you will receive science-based tools to use your emotions so that they work for you and not against you. At its core, it is about harmonizing your relationship with your own emotions.

How are the modules structured?

Module 1: The new science of emotions

• How does your brain create emotions? Theory of constructed emotions
• Emotions, affects and feelings - differentiation and use
• Exercise: Arousal valence model as state reflection - locating feelings internally
• Other countries, other emotions or: Why feelings are not universal

Module 2: Changing the relationship to emotions - the emotional panorama

• Exercise: How do you relate to your emotions? Constellations with emotions
• Understanding and internalizing individual messages from emotions
• Emotions as guardians of life - guardian model according to Sebastian Mauritz
• Emotions in different contexts of life: when do you use which emotion?

Module 3: Dealing with unpleasant emotions

• Does stress lead to competence amnesia? – how too much stress blocks our brain
• Exercise: Calming the body with the brain: Dual attention
• Exercise: Calming the brain with the body: Breathing techniques with biofeedback
• Exercise: Resilient rituals – establishing fixed rituals for emotion regulation

Module 4: Emotional resource activation

• Exercise: Activating emotions that motivate you for the future
• Exercise: Activating emotions that strengthen your relationship with yourself and others
• Exercise: Activating emotions that increase your creativity
• Exercise: Activating emotions that show you your inner fullness and wholeness

 

Your journey of discovery:

Understanding & depth: Experience aha moments that open up a new understanding of emotions and how they arise.

Practical applicability: Discover ways to use emotions in a targeted manner and integrate them into your everyday life.

New relationship to emotions: Develop a reflective attitude to feelings, beyond “good” and “bad”.

Expanding language: Sharpen your perception by naming and describing emotions more precisely.

Emotional panorama: Gain insights into your emotional map and its importance for resilience.

Reappraisal: Learn techniques to consciously reinterpret emotions and use them constructively.

Functions of emotions: Understand the role of the arousal valence model and its connection to your everyday life.

Arousal regulation: Control inner states through conscious breathing techniques and regulation.

Activate emotional resources: Promote positive emotions such as gratitude and motivation in a targeted manner.

Self-transcendent emotions: Discover the power of compassion, amazement (Awe) and other overarching feelings.

Practical exercises: Integrate methods such as the Awe Walk to strengthen your emotional resilience.

Who is the course suitable for?
Do you support other people professionally in their personal growth as a coach, manager or consultant and do you feel that their anger, fears, sadness or other emotions are blocking their development? Do you notice that you need more starting points to emotionally engage and motivate your counterpart?

Then discover the power of emotions in this course and learn how to use them in your professional and private context. Because we humans are emotional beings. Emotions influence our decisions, the way we conduct relationships and how we generally interact with our environment. Those who face the challenges of life with