Emotional Intelligence Developer

RJ Mitte on Why We Need to Make Our Pain Loud. RJ Mitte died on October 12, 2026, at age 34. His reps confirmed his death by suicide in Texas. Wikipedia. The clever people will say why didn’t he say anything before this happened? How can it happen to him? Why didn’t people see it? But only RJ knew what he was going through. ‘Man,’ I knew this guy from watching Breaking Bad. I followed him on the s...

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A soldier drops to the floor when a plate breaks at the dinner table. Far away, a mother carries her child down the stairs in the dark for the ninth night in a row. One has come home from war. The other never left. We know about post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. It can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event, and symptoms can continue even after the person is physic...

What happens when a country that tells the world to stand against violence decides to broadcast an execution? And what does the rest of the world learn when the decision comes from one of the most powerful nations on earth? The planned livestream of Nidal Malik Hasan's execution has raised difficult questions about justice, punishment and the message society sends when death becomes something peop...

A man laughs the loudest at a family gathering. Everyone sees the jokes, the smile, the person who seems completely fine. But later, sitting alone in his car, the smile disappears. A woman is praised in front of her entire team. She hears how valuable she is, how good her work has been, and everyone around her is celebrating. But inside, one thought keeps returning: If they only knew. Nobody sees...

The school form needs a signature. The phone isn't being answered. One parent is frustrated, the other feels disrespected, and somewhere nearby, a child is listening to adults turn one simple decision into another argument. After a breakup, coparenting can become complicated when every permission slip, holiday, appointment, school event, or important decision becomes another opportunity for two pa...

You are telling a story, laughing, talking with your hands, and being completely yourself when someone quietly says, "You sound aggressive."So you lower your voice. Then they tell you that you talk too fast. Then you explain too much. Then you're too direct. Then you're too sensitive. None of the comments seem serious on their own. Each one can even sound like reasonable feedback. But after enough...

What happens when the human capital that AI is disrupting cannot pay bills, mortgages, and rent that governments need from us to survive? You’re listening to the emotional intelligence developer podcast. Click Here: Follow the Show You created jobs. You made us go to school and learn a vocation that leads to work, life, and growth. At least this was the promise. Now you want to tell me that it’s a...

Here’s a message that’s going to rock your mind and make you think twice about things. Don’t ever give a writer a pen or a keyboard when he’s angry, because how do I take back this message once I’ve shared it. And this thought will rock your mind later. Did Clive share it knowingly? You’re listening to the emotional intelligence developer podcast. Click Here To Support Me Your boss is an ass. If y...

Her phone is quiet. Too quiet. Then she notices everyone else's phones lighting up. Someone asks, "Did you see what Jordan sent last night?" She asks, "Sent where?" And the answer is the look on her friend's face. There is another group chat. Everyone is in it. Except her. That discovery can turn an ordinary phone into a source of anxiety. Suddenly every story feels personal. Every inside joke rai...

She knows the answer. Her hand almost goes up. Then someone copies the way she speaks, the class laughs, and suddenly she would rather stay quiet than risk saying another word. Being mocked for your accent can start with a few laughs in a classroom, but the damage can follow you long after the laughter stops. You may start rehearsing words before saying them, questioning how your name sounds, avoi...

Last night, while I was doom scrolling, a video popped up showing a man eating a burnt monkey that had been thrown into a flame, with a charred body and spaghetti on top of its head. There was no AI warning. It appeared to be real content being pushed for views, likes, comments, and addictive sharing. I was in bed, at peace, watching motivational messages. Then this video appeared. It was disturbi...

You walk into the cafeteria holding a tray, and every table already seems to have a place for everyone except you. You find an empty seat."Sorry, that's taken."You look at the chair. There's nothing on it. Later, your teacher introduces you as the new student. Someone repeats your name in a funny voice. A few people laugh. Then comes the nickname."New Kid."And suddenly, you're not just trying to l...

Somebody says "slow" from the back of the room, just loud enough for you to hear. A girl takes the pen out of your hand because "you're too slow." The teacher says there are ten minutes left, and you're still on question three. You read the same page again, trying to make the words stay in your head while everyone else seems to have moved on. Three moments. One word following you through all of th...

Somebody says, "Giraffe," from the back of the room. Somebody else asks, "Did you forget your booster seat?"And a boy who only answered a question in class hears, "Do you ever turn it down?"Three sentences. Three people. And by the end of the day, all three are wondering whether they should take up a little less space. Maybe you've been bullied for being too tall. Maybe people constantly comment o...

It starts with a container opening at a lunch table. A smell. A face scrunched up."OMG, what's that?"Then somebody laughs, somebody else joins in, and suddenly the food you've eaten at home your whole life has become the joke of the table. Nobody claps. Nobody has to. The next day, you look at the same food in the kitchen and remember what happened. Maybe you leave it behind. Maybe you choose a sa...

Why I Love My Braces On My Teeth and Why Your Words Don't Bully Me. Metal mouth. Brace face. Tin grin. Three shouts in a hallway, and by the time the last class of the day starts, someone has stopped smiling in photos. This episode follows that walk through school, the moment a joke turns into a thought, and the thought turns into a habit of covering your mouth when you laugh. It sits with what ha...

Girl, You're Not Nice! You're Acting."Sure."You didn't even think about it. Someone asks you for a favour, asks you to take something on, or asks whether you're okay with something, and the answer is already out of your mouth before you've worked out what you actually want."Sure, no problem."Then later, you're alone, replaying the conversation. Why did I say yes? You didn't want to. You were alrea...

Me, Clive, the founder of emotional intelligence developer, I believe in you. Regardless of others out there telling you something else, I, the founder of emotional intelligence developer, I believe in you. Take this and keep it, one day you’ll reach out to me and tell me how this message touched you and gave you something to keep going. I have a lot of people who’ve helped me and I have had the p...

Why did this title catch your eye? Why did it motivate you to listen in? No matter where you are in the world we’re all driven to make something of our lives. Unfortunately, we do not have the same upbringing leading a lot of us to give up because of our circumstances. I wasn’t born rich. I didn’t have a lot growing up. I barely learned how to use the computer at a young age, I literally learned t...

You send a message. No reply. So you check your phone again. Then again. You start replaying the last conversation, wondering whether you said something wrong, whether they're upset, or whether something has changed. Then the phone lights up."Hey."And suddenly, you're okay again. This episode sits inside that uncomfortable space where your partner's attention, mood, silence, or reassurance can sta...

"How are you?" "Good."That exchange happens all the time, but sometimes the answer tells you almost nothing. This episode sits inside the gap between being asked how you're doing and actually being given enough space to answer. It’s the conversation at the gym where nobody mentions what’s really going on. The friend you can joke with for two hours without saying you're struggling. The drive home w...

There’s that one person who didn’t believe. They listened and they brush you aside. They said OKAY, try it and let’s see where this goes, but deep down you knew they weren’t convinced. Then, one day, you heard someone speak about how the person you told spoke about you and what you told them in an absurd way. When speaking to other people they said you were a fool and had a fool’s idea. Who didn’t...

I have a dream, that is mine and I see where I want to be and how I want to achieve it. The only problem with a dream is that it is intimate. How I feel about it, and what I see when I envision it can look different in someone’s eyes. When you tell people that you’re attracted to a certain person and they look at you and say, who? So, you’re attracted to that? To them it’s a big mistake and they d...

Your phone buzzes at 11pm. It's your friend. Something has happened. They need to talk. Right now. So you answer. You listen for an hour. You hear the whole story. You give advice. You reassure them. You tell them they'll get through it. They feel better. You hang up. And then you lie there thinking about your own week. The thing that's been bothering you. The thing you haven't told anyone. The th...