Moments of Clarity - Journeys with EQ

My guest today is Luke Douglas Home who has been an environmental campaigner for over a decade and founder of community interest company, A Future Without Rubbish. Luke is currently running over 11,000 miles around Great Britain to raise awareness of environmental issues and carbon emissions. You can find his adventures under the hashtag #coastlinerunner. He shares some inspiring moments today including when he became environmentally aware and his near death horse riding accident in Transylvania in 2005. For details on Luke check the hashtag #CoastLineRunnerFor more information on Luke's Coastlinerunner environmental project check https://www.clearpublicspace.org/blogThis Emotional Intelligence Podcast has a simple premise that elicits some fascinating insights from guests. Every Wednesday I will be asking a special guest for the moments of clarity that contributed to changes in course in their life journey. This season the podcast will feature global experts on emotions, change and leadership sharing real-life experiences on how they’ve used emotional intelligence to see the world, and themselves, more clearly. For more information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go to https://www.6seconds.org/eu  

Our guest today is Kieran McConville who is the Global Content Advisor for the charity Concern worldwide. Concern Worldwide is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency. Concern is heavily involved in many Ukrainian aid projects and Kiernan has recently visited that country. Kieran tells us about that trip there and how the public can help the people of Ukraine.Kieran is an experienced multimedia professional, who has worked in broadcast, print, and online media for over 25 years. Currently working in the non-profit sector, he is continuously expanding on a career which has taken him to dozens of the most interesting countries around the world.Concern Worldwide was founded 50 years ago and it has worked in 50 countries. Concern helped 28.6 million of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people in 2019, while responding to 82 emergencies in 24 countries.For more information on Concern go to their website here https://www.concern.netThis Emotional Intelligence Podcast has a simple premise that elicits some fascinating insights from guests. Every Wednesday I will be asking a special guest for the moments of clarity that contributed to changes in course in their life journey. This season the podcast will feature global experts on emotions, change and leadership sharing real-life experiences on how they’ve used emotional intelligence to see the world, and themselves, more clearly. For more information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go to https://www.6seconds.org/eu 

The invasion of Ukraine is a major moment in European history. We talked to Oksana Lemishka in our Ukraine Special Part 1 last week, who shared her harrowing story of fleeing Ukraine on the first day of the invasion to Hungary, Austria and finally Germany. Today we are talking to Svitlana Kalitsun in part 2 who is also a Ukrainian based in Vienna. Svitlana shares her experiences of the first weeks of the war including the worry of having family still in the country and how she reached by helping to fundraise to help her fellow Ukrainians. Svitlana is a lawyer and negotiation specialist with the Negotiation Academy in Vienna. Svitlana is also a lecturer and contributor to Forbes magazine and she talks to us about the skills and tools she teaches to master challenging change. We also chat about the resilience of the Ukrainian people and how we can support them in their time of need. Everyone has had lightbulb moments in their lives that leads to change. And life changing events is a very topical subject as we come out of the pandemic and the world is experiencing conflict. This Emotional Intelligence Podcast has a simple premise that elicits some fascinating insights from guests. Every Wednesday I will be asking a special guest for the moments of clarity that contributed to changes in course in their life journey. This season the podcast will feature global experts on emotions, change and leadership sharing real-life experiences on how they’ve used emotional intelligence to see the world, and themselves, more clearly. For more information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go to https://www.6seconds.org/eu 

We have a truly inspirational first guest for season 3 of Moments of Clarity. Our guest Oksana Lemishka is a refugee from Ukraine who has had a huge change in her life thrust upon her by the Russian Invasion of her country.Oksana is a University of Cambridge educated sociologist and a media and culture specialist who fled Kyiv on the first day of the invasion. Oksana tells her emotional story of fleeing to Germany and shares great insights into why Ukraine has shown such resilience, determination and even positivity whilst shining a light for democracy and freedom in the shadow of darkness.Everyone has had lightbulb moments in their lives that leads to change. And life changing events is a very topical subject as we come out of the pandemic and the world is experiencing conflict.This Emotional Intelligence Podcast has a simple premise that elicits some fascinating insights from guests. Every Wednesday I will be asking a special guest for the moments of clarity that contributed to changes in course in their life journey.This season the podcast will feature global experts on emotions, change and leadership sharing real-life experiences on how they’ve used emotional intelligence to see the world, and themselves, more clearly.For more information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go to https://www.6seconds.org/eu

We couldn’t have picked a more inspirational person for our last episode of Season 2. The former Irish politician and serial entrepreneur Ivan Yates entered the Irish parliament aged just 21 in 1981. He rose through the ranks of the Fine Gael political party to become an Irish Government Minister for Agriculture in 1994.By the turn of the century Ivan was being tipped as a future party leader and Taoiseach or Prime Minister of Ireland. In 2001 he left political life to concentrate on his business career. Ivan grew his Celtic bookmaker’s business to over 65 shops in Ireland and Wales. But when the recession hit in 2008, he found his business went into receivership. This led to Ivan having to go to Wales and declare bankruptcy in 2011.Ivan then started a new career in radio broadcasting with Newstalk and he grew his national show into one of the most popular shows in Ireland. Then ever the restless man, Ivan left the show in 2020 and he has started a new business Media Masterclass advising people and presenting courses on how to deal with the media. Ivan has had many career ups and downs, but through it all his positivity, relentless energy and will to succeed shines through in this episode.We will be returning with Season 3 in the new year so we would ask you to subscribe or follow this podcast and you will be the first to get new episodes direct to your phone in the New Year.For more information on Ivan’s media consultancy go to https://mediamasterclass.ieThis Podcast series is produced by Fergal O'Keeffe for Six Seconds Europe, who are part of the global Non-Profit Six Seconds and are dedicated to growing awareness of emotional intelligence.Six Seconds Europe supports individuals, teams and organisations to develop and practise emotional intelligence to help increase personal and organisational effectiveness.For further information on Six Seconds and EQ please see our website www.6seconds.org/eu

My guest this week is Cormac Ryan who has had an extraordinary life and he is still only in his 20s! Cormac has had a number of moments that have dramatically changed the course of his life including finding he needed a cardiac pacemaker implanted when he was just 18 whilst playing minor hurling for Dublin, who got to the All Ireland Final that same year. In 2021 Cormac took part in the RTE documentary Unspoken, which showed his journey from being diagnosed with an eating disorder and getting treatment at the Lois Bridges clinic. Then just a few weeks after completing that treatment he undertook to cycle 6000 km from Achill in the west coast of Ireland to Athens in Greece. What shines throughout this episode is Cormac’s will to overcome all the adversity throughout his life and the determination to help other people who are going through similar issues through his charity work. Every week I ask my guest for 3 moments of clarity that contributed to a change in course in their life journey. It can be anything big or small. Something that moved their life in a new direction. All my guests have one thing in common and that is they are inspirational people who when faced with adversity, whether in business or personally, see the positive way forward.This Podcast is produced by Six Seconds Europe, who are part of the global Non-Profit Six Seconds and are dedicated to growing awareness of emotional intelligence.Six Seconds Europe supports individuals, teams and organisations to develop and practise emotional intelligence to help increase personal and organisational effectiveness.For further information on Six Seconds and EQ please see our website www.6seconds.org/euFollow Cormac on Instagram @cormacryann

Our very special guest this week is Lynsey Bennett, who was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer exactly a year ago. Last November the doctors told Lynsey she had just 6 to 8 months left to live. Lynsey then had to not only deal with that life changing news, but also deal with an impeding High Court case against the HSE and a number of private testing laboratories in Ireland and the US over the alleged misinterpretation of her cervical smear tests. Every week I ask my guest for 3 moments of clarity that contributed to a change in the course of their life journey. Lynsey has had many moments over the last year that would break many people. But what shines through this uplifting interview is Lynsey’s relentless positivity, gratitude, emotional intelligence, open heart and sheer will to not only live, but enjoy her remaining time with her family and friends. Lynsey has been an inspiration to many people in Ireland who have been following her journey and you can see why in this uplifting interview.We would ask you to please follow so a new episode will appear in your library every week. I would also really appreciate it if you could leave a rating and review as it helps others to discover this podcast.For more information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go to https://www.6seconds.org/euFor more information on Lynsey Bennett follow her on Instagram @cancerwithgratitude  

Sanderson Jones is a social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, comedian and innovator who is pioneering the field of Lifefulness. Sanderson is a really interesting character who talks today about his moments of clarity including innovative comedy career, setting up the Sunday Assembly movement, which is adapting the congregational community in a secular and inclusive style, then dealing with being diagnosed as an adult with ADHD and his new Lifefulness business. Everyone has lightbulb moments in their lives that lead to a change. And change is a very topical word as we come out of the pandemic. This Emotional Intelligence Podcast has a simple premise that elicits some fascinating insights from guests from all walks of life. Every Wednesday we will ask a special guest for 3 moments of clarity that contributed to a change in course in their life journey.We would ask you to please follow so a new episode will appear in your library every week. I would also really appreciate it if you could leave a rating and review as it helps others to discover this podcast.For moreinformation on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Six Seconds Europe please go tohttps://www.6seconds.org/eu