A 3-minute survey about emotions and empathy

Hello! I'm developing practical online learning about emotional skills and empathy and would love your input.

This survey takes about 2–3 minutes. I won't ask for your name or email address in the survey (any email sign-up after is completely optional), and you don't need to describe personal experiences or problems. I'm simply interested in which topics and emotional skills feel most useful and relevant to you. Thank you for helping me shape future online learning that is genuinely useful to people!

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1. Which of these feels familiar or relevant to you? Choose up to 3

I understand some of my emotional patterns intellectually, but I'm not always sure what to do differently in the moment.

I can calm myself down, but I don't always understand what the emotion is telling me.

I sometimes have difficulty identifying exactly what I'm feeling.

I sometimes notice my boundaries only after they've been crossed.

I sometimes find it difficult to communicate my anger or boundaries constructively.

Other people's emotions can affect me more than I would like.

2. Which ONE would you most like practical help with right now?

Staying empathic without being overly affected by other people's emotions.

Identifying exactly what I'm feeling.

Communicating anger or boundaries constructively.

Knowing what to do differently in the moment, not just understanding my patterns intellectually.

Noticing and understanding my boundaries earlier.

Understanding what an emotion is telling me after I've calmed down.

None of these feels especially important to me right now.

3. When a difficult or intense emotion arises, which part tends to be the hardest?

Identifying what I'm actually feeling.

Staying present and calming myself enough to work with the emotion.

Understanding why the emotion is there or what it may be signaling.

Knowing what to do with that information.

Communicating or acting on it constructively.

None of these / it depends.

4. Which of these free live online talks would you be most interested in attending?

Imagine they were all free and held live on Zoom. Choose one.

What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You

How to Care Without Losing Yourself: Empathy and Boundaries

What Comes After Emotional Regulation?

How to Know What You're Actually Feeling

None of these especially interests me

Anger and Boundaries: What Your Anger May Be Trying to Protect

5. Which of these paid 90-minute live online workshops would you be most interested in attending?

Assume the price felt reasonable to you. Choose one.

I wouldn't currently pay for a workshop on any of these topics

Anger and Boundaries: Understanding What Your Anger Is Trying to Protect

What Comes After Emotional Regulation? Understanding and Working With the Emotion

Understanding What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You — and What to Do Next

How to Care Without Losing Yourself: Practical Skills for Empathy and Boundaries

How to Identify What You're Actually Feeling

6. What would you most like to be able to do better when it comes to emotions and empathy?

Choose the one that feels most useful to you right now.

Understand what my emotions are communicating

Set and communicate clearer boundaries

None of these feels especially important to me right now

Know what action to take — or not take — based on what I'm feeling

Stay present with difficult or intense emotions

Understand more clearly what I'm feeling

Stay empathic without becoming overwhelmed or losing myself

7. How much experience do you have with personal development, emotional skills, therapy, mindfulness, or similar kinds of learning?

Choose the option that fits you best.

Very little — I'm fairly new to this

Some experience

Several years of experience

A great deal of experience

8. Optional: Which age range are you in?

9. Is there anything you'd like to add?

Optional — for example, something that wasn't covered by the questions above, or anything you'd like me to understand about what you would find useful in learning about emotions and empathy.

Please don't include names or other personally identifying information.