--- title: "Positive Psychology Coaching: Emotions Are Data [Video]" description: Watch this fascinating video about positive thinking and emotional intelligence. image: https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hubfs/positive%20psychology%20and%20emotions.jpg --- [![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/hubfs/scm%20header%203.jpg?width=655&height=124&name=scm%20header%203.jpg)](http://Julia%20Stewart%20Coaching%20&%20Training) Open main menu Close main menu - Training Open the submenu - [Blog](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog) - [Training](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-programs) - [About Us](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/about-us) - [Become a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/become-a-coach) - [Certification](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/seven-secrets) - [Find a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/find-a-coach) - [Resources](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-resources) [Institute of Coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/institute-of-coaching) [video](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/video) [Positive Psychology](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/positive-psychology) [positive psychology coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/positive-psychology-coaching) [free ebook](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/free-ebook) [emotional intelligence](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/emotional-intelligence) [become a positive psychology coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/become-a-positive-psychology-coach) # Positive Psychology Coaching: Emotions Are Data \[Video\] [Julia Stewart](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/positive-psychology-coaching-emotions-are-data-video) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/positive-psychology-coaching-emotions-are-data-video) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/positive-psychology-coaching-emotions-are-data-video) ![positive psychology and emotions](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hubfs/positive%20psychology%20and%20emotions.jpg) **![positive psychology and emotions](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/hubfs/positive%20psychology%20and%20emotions.jpg?width=7360&name=positive%20psychology%20and%20emotions.jpg)** [Positive psychology](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/the-tyranny-of-positive-psychology-can-emotional-intelligence-save-us) and [positive psychology coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/positive-psychology) are associated with positive thinking, but that's erroneous. Positive psychology is about resilience, or the ability to "bounce back" from adversity. You cannot have resilience without adversity and the emotions that go with it: the so-called negative emotions like grief, anger, frustration, etc. We have these negative emotions because they tell us what is working for us and what is not. When we learn to respond to negative emotions instead of stuffing them down, we start having better lives (and fewer negative emotions.) Resilience requires flexibility. [Rigid positive thinking](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/how-to-distinguish-healthy-positivity-from-toxic-positivity) is a trap that can lead to failure and despair. This morning, one of the founders of the [Institute of Coaching](https://instituteofcoaching.org/), [Susan David, announced that her TED Talk, The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage, just went live](https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_the_gift_and_power_of_emotional_courage?utm_campaign=tedspread--a&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare). The Institute of Coaching has done perhaps more than any other organization to promote research and education about positive psychology, coaching, and emotional intelligence. The latter goes hand-in-hand with positive psychology coaching, because it teaches that flexibility part: how to identify one's own feelings and those of others and navigate the emotional landscape within ourselves and with others. Coaches, like most leaders, must have emotional intelligence to be fully effective. We teach about that in [Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/emotional-intelligence-and-leadership-coaching). Coaches need emotional intelligence to [coach with positive psychology](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/certified-positive-psychology-coach-program), which is why I became a Founding Fellow of the Institute of Coaching. **So I'm pleased to share with you the wisdom of Emotional Agility via Susan David and TED:**   **If you'd like to learn more about [positive psychology, coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/a-brief-history-of-positive-psychology-and-coaching), and emotional intelligence, please download the free Become a Positive Psychology Coach eBook:**   [![Free Become a Positive Psychology Coach eBook](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/41761/f1e8f2ee-c21d-4914-8203-7e81c2164439.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/41761/f1e8f2ee-c21d-4914-8203-7e81c2164439) ### Leave a Comment ## Related Articles [![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14048676-jpg/images/circle_of_women_cc_license_by_xlordashx_-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/89522/Life-Coaches-Come-Together-in-Peace) [Best Coaching Blogs](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/best-coaching-blogs) [School of Coaching Mastery](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/school-of-coaching-mastery) [Life Coaches](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/life-coaches) [9/11](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/911) [IAC](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/iac) ### [Life Coaches Come Together in Peace](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/89522/Life-Coaches-Come-Together-in-Peace) ***Guest Post by [Coach Angela Goodeve, CCC. ](http://life-coaching-advice-withang.com/)**Angela is a member of School of Coaching Mastery's* *Ultimate Coach Training Program, a winner of Best Coaching Blogs 2012 and...* [Angela Goodeve](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/angela-goodeve) [Read More](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/89522/Life-Coaches-Come-Together-in-Peace) [![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14050920-jpg/images/group_coaching_mastery.jpg)](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/21857/Group-Coaching-Mastery) [Coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coaching) [group coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/group-coaching) [School of Coaching Mastery](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/school-of-coaching-mastery) [coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coach) [Coach Certification](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coach-certification) [coach training program](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coach-training-program) [IAC](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/iac) [personal coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/personal-coaching) ### [Group Coaching Mastery](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/21857/Group-Coaching-Mastery) #### **Group coaching is a wonderful way to create more value for clients, while making more money for the coach.** **And those are two goals that all great coaches care about,...** [Julia Stewart](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart) [Read More](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/21857/Group-Coaching-Mastery) #### Important Links - [Coaching Blog](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog) - [Certified Positive Psychology Coach Program](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/certified-positive-psychology-coach-program) - [Certified Neuroscience Coach Program](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/certified-neuroscience-coach-program) #### About Us - [About Us](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/about-us) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Julia Stewart", "url" : "https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart" }, "dateModified" : "2021-12-15T18:47:47.701Z", "datePublished" : "2018-01-30T19:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Positive Psychology Coaching: Emotions Are Data [Video]", "image" : [ "https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hubfs/positive%20psychology%20and%20emotions.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/positive-psychology-coaching-emotions-are-data-video", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hubfs/scm%20header%203.jpg" }, "name" : "Julia Stewart Coaching & Training" } } ```