When it comes to mental health, prevention is key.

 

Hi, I’m Michelle Bersell and I’m the founder of The International Institute for Emotional Empowerment. My unique background as a psychotherapist, teacher, author, and speaker combined with my own life experience has allowed me to teach thousands of people around the globe how to turn negative emotions into their greatest allies.

I’d love to teach you too! 

Whether it’s been leadership or employee-wide training in Emotional Empowerment, 98% of individuals agree they:

  • Gained skills to overcome negative emotional experiences
  • Feel more empowered to address anxiety, anger, guilt,
    frustration and disappointment
  • Know how to build stronger emotional resilience

What leaders are saying about the International Institute for Emotional Empowerment

The Emotional Empowerment course, which was delivered by Michelle Bersell for a Kohl’s director level executive leadership course, was incredibly well received. The leaders were better able to understand the emotional energy they often have to deal with such as anxiety, guilt, frustration and disappointment. As well, they learned to identify triggers to more quickly drive positive behaviors and reinforce positive actions. This course enhanced self-awareness and also provided tools to support individual and team member mental health needs. The course was particularly relevant given the turbulent 18 months that all business leaders have had to deal with during this extended COVID environment.

Marc Chini, Chief People Officer of Kohl’s

When you get numerous unsolicited emails thanking you and telling you a training has changed their lives, you know that you have brought the right training to meet the needs of your workforce. That has been our experience in working with The International Institute for Emotional Empowerment. In these times you need to focus on the mental health of your workforce so they can come to work as their whole selves. If your goal is to take care of your people’s emotional well-being and mental health, look no further. The insight provided is unique, insightful, and spot-on to address the psychological needs of today’s employee.

Shanan Lazorchak, Human Resources Business Partner at Acelero Learning

Our emotional empowerment training with Michelle was wonderful. She was great to work with and took time to adapt the session to include our corporate strategy and address the specific needs of our employees. The session provided our employees with the tools to best address challenging emotions like disappointment, anger and anxiety, especially in the wake of the pandemic. The Zoom session was interactive and engaging and we received great feedback from participants that they felt supported during these challenging times.We would recommend Michelle’s training to any corporation looking for ways to support their employees’ mental health.

Ingrid Cordelino, Senior Technologist & Leader of WIN (Women of Ingredion Network) at Ingredion Inc.

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What Emotional Empowerment participants are saying

I want to personally thank you, I have been going through a major life changing event in my life, and this training made me feel a sense of relief. I have gone to therapy for the last 6 months and haven’t felt the sense of empowerment and sense of calmness and relief that Emotional Empowerment Training has given me! This training is amazing and so insightful! This is the best training we have had!

 

I’m excited about all the topics covered in Emotional Empowerment Training. They really make a difference in the company & has us better working together as a team player in the company. It is also helpful for the new employees, as we all need greater understanding in how to be more respectful, especially around challenging behaviors. Without this training for our mental health, it would cause greater overwhelm and burnout. Thank you!

This training was…insightful!!! Informative!!! Much needed!!! and life changing for me because I now understand I cannot control everything. Instead of giving away my power, I will focus on what I can do and not to set myself up for failure. I cannot change the past just the now.

Emotional Empowerment is an amazing training (my favorite training that I have ever done here at our company). What I most appreciate is how the training teaches how to deal with your own behaviors as well as those you work with. It will help you break down those behaviors and identify the signals of those behaviors. I will be reevaluating how I deal with those behaviors at work, as well for personal use.

Definitely, I would recommend this training!!! I truly enjoyed the lessons and found them so informative. There were times I cried and always did personal soul searching afterwards. Thanks Michelle & the IIEE.

I really enjoyed the information on the defense mechanisms we have that can impact our personal and working relationships. It helped me to see some of my armor that I have up and to really reflect on how I can work through those pieces to become a better and stronger individual and leader.

This type of training is most needed. Most of the time we do not think about all these emotions that we carry on a daily basis, much less about how to channel them in a positive way in our lives.

I definitely recommend this training for all jobs because these things we do not realize affect us in our workplace. Acknowledging these areas has helped me to react less and listen more to myself. I am grateful for this training!

It is good to understand & have self-awareness. Emotional Empowerment Training will improve your communication skills for you & others around you. I enjoyed the lessons more than I thought I would. I saw myself in every training. I have done a lot of reflecting from these trainings. Well done. Thank you!

The modules work well and apply universally. I found value in all the modules, some more than others, but the message(s) were powerful. It allowed me to look within and identify that it starts with me. Thank you.

I would recommend this training on Emotional Empowerment to anyone, it gave so much insight about my emotions, and how I spend my time and money, and how I can function better with my coworkers. It was a real exhaling experience.

This training was very meaningful to me, as I really saw things I need to eliminate and elevate in my life. The training taught me to forgive myself. Now I have learned from those mistakes and will not repeat them again. I have developed a learning mindset. Thank you so much!

The Gap that Emotional Empowerment Fills

Despite the unprecedented levels of mental and emotional health challenges people are facing, they lack practical understanding of why they are experiencing negative feelings and what they can do to feel better. Emotional Empowerment provides science-based tools to guide individuals to recognize what is causing them to feel emotions such as anxiety, sadness, anger, frustration and guilt, while providing guidelines to behaviors to help diminish negative feelings.

Emotional Empowerment is NOT the same as Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Empowerment teaches you how to understand and dissolve your emotional triggers, which results in less negative feelings to manage, as well as stronger emotional resilience

The Business Case for Addressing Emotions:

96%

Of Employees believe their well-being is an organization’s responsibility
(Deloitte)

$1 Trillion

Per year is the loss in productivity due to depression & anxiety
(World Health Organization)

550 Million

The number of workdays are lost due to stress on the job
(The American Institute of Stress)

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