What’s Up at Empathy Academy

by Sherry J. Olander, licensed DEI Trainer & Consultant This time of year is chock full of holidays from various cultures and religions. In America, the holiday season usually begins at Thanksgiving and continues until New Year's Day. During this…Read More

Newly updated! The newly revised Language of Emotions is now available, and Karla McLaren also updated her wonderful Language of Emotions Card Deck! These 25 cards help you work directly with the wisdom in your emotions, and they give you detailed…Read More

A new, private space to learn about emotions and empathy After spending many years on social media, being tracked and served with endless ads, we wanted to create a welcoming and private online community space. Ad-free, tracking-free, empathically healthy, and emotionally…Read More

How to work with fear? This month's Ask a DEI Professional question is about listening to fear. Our questioner writes: Hello! :-) I remember that I listened to my fear, but after a while I realized that I probably lost…Read More

by Sue Barclay, licensed Dynamic Emotional Integration® Professional I never used to think I had a problem with happiness, or that my relationship with happiness needed to heal or change. However, reading about happiness from a Dynamic Emotional Integration®(also known…Read More

How do you work with toxic messages? This month's Ask a DEI Professional question is about shame. Our questioner writes: If someone is carrying a lot of toxic shame internalized from the outside, does this inhibit the rise of authentic…Read More

~ by Sherry Jean Olander, DEI Trainer & Consultant ~ If you’ve taken any courses or workshops here at Empathy Academy, you may have heard the term Elemental Balance or reference to “your elements.” Let’s take a closer look at…Read More

The Soul Tending program starts soon! 4-month program, March 2 to July 3, 2026 If you've been studying the work in The Language of Emotions, and you'd like to deepen your practice, we've created a 4-month program for you. Soul…Read More

Do I approach shadow work differently when my hatred arises in response to abuse? This month's Ask a DEI Professional question is about shadow work. Our questioner writes: Does shadow work have to be approached differently when hatred arises as…Read More

Emotional learning for everyone Pia Ault, MS, licensed Dynamic Emotional Integration® Trainer, shares her experience of providing an empathy workshop in Saudi Arabia. I was invited to hold a workshop on Dynamic Emotional Integration® in Saudi Arabia, at a large government…Read More