This article examines trust as a fundamental yet complex emotional and social phenomenon that permeates human interactions across multiple domains. Through an interdisciplinary analysis, we present a novel four-level model of trust development based on emotional intelligence. The article argues that trust is fundamentally rooted in personal vulnerability and willingness to risk emotional harm, comparable to the experience of miracles in its transformative power and indivisibility of scale.

This article examines the relationship between three emotional safety strategies from the Emotional Intelligence 3.0 model and their manifestation in the Karpman Drama Triangle. We analyze how Control by Withdrawing, Control by Better Than, and Control by Helping operate at varying intensities and their effects on interpersonal dynamics. Understanding these patterns offers valuable insights for clinicians, organizational leaders, and individuals seeking to improve emotional well-being and relational health.

This article examines the conceptual distinctions and interrelationships among emotional health, emotional well-being, and emotional wellness—terms often used interchangeably in academic literature and popular discourse to facilitate the emergence of emotional well-being as a separate discipline. The article proposes a cyclical, interdependent relationship among these concepts, where emotional wellness practices build emotional health, enabling emotional well-being and motivating further engagement in emotional wellness practices.

This article introduces an identity-based choice model as an alternative framework for decision-making in an era marked by global emotional recession and deteriorating social connections and collaboration. It organizes choices into three interconnected levels: identity-affirming, path-setting, and tactical. The model distinguishes traditional willpower from will as the bridge between identity and choice and examines how preferences filter through an identity lens. The connection of individual identity components to broader power dynamics creates a framework that could be transformative in multiple domains—from personal development to organizational leadership to social change.

This article examines the complex relationship among emotional well-being, perceived control, and critical thinking abilities in the context of evaluating persuasive communications. Drawing on our emotional well-being research, we propose that diminished emotional well-being and perceived loss of control create vulnerability to manipulative forms of rhetoric by increasing the emotional need for certainty. This paper differentiates between legitimate persuasive discourse and more problematic forms of rhetoric (nefarious rhetoric) while exploring how critical thinking is an unlocking maneuver.

This article presents a structured approach to achieving emotional well-being through five interconnected steps, rooted in the fundamental human needs for love and belonging. The journey begins with understanding how our emotional well stores early childhood experiences and develops protective strategies, then progresses through recognizing these patterns, creating space for growth, discovering our authentic self, and ultimately embracing wholeness. Through this process, individuals can transform their emotional patterns from guardians into guides, enabling genuine engagement with life rather than operating from protective fear.

The Emotional Intelligence 3.0® System of Emotional Well-being represents a comprehensive approach to addressing the growing crisis in emotional health through an integrated framework of assessment and intervention. This paper introduces the system's seven structural elements, centered around the validated Bryan Emotional Well-being Inventory, which provides a sophisticated analysis of emotional patterns and their impact on interpersonal and intrapersonal functioning. The system's unique contribution lies in identifying and addressing surface-level manifestations and underlying structural causes of emotional imbalance. It offers a systematic path to transformation through a new therapeutic approach called Structure Therapy™ and focused interventions.

Emotional resistance patterns can significantly impact personal development and transformation, yet their prevalence and interrelationships remain understudied. This research investigates the distribution of two foundational frameworks: Karpman's Drama Triangle Roles (Victim, Persecutor, Rescuer) and Emotional Intelligence 3.0 Lifeviews (Life's Not Fair, King of the Hill, Helping is Noble) among 500 participants. The findings reveal these patterns are remarkably prevalent, with 89% of participants exhibiting at least one active Drama Role and distinct Lifeview.

A study of 500 American voters reveals that 86.8% share a "fixing" mindset across political divides, characterized by an Avoidant/Persuasive communication style that paradoxically contributes to political polarization. While this common desire to improve society suggests potential unity, the research shows how differing views on what needs fixing and how to fix it may deepen political divisions, highlighting the need for more bridge-building approaches.

Emotional Intelligence 3.0 redefines our understanding of high performance for individuals and organizations. This comprehensive framework, which integrates assessments, models, development strategies, and tools for evolving toward high performance, is designed to nurture emotional health, maturity, and well-being. At its heart, Emotional Intelligence 3.0 emphasizes the quality of relationship dynamics (high emotional well-being) as the key to sustainable peak performance.

The central tenet of EI3.0's theory of EWB is the quality of our relational dynamics with four key elements: self, others, life, and the system. These dynamics form the foundation of how we experience love and belonging through three critical dimensions: connection, collaboration, and communication.

This article explores the balance of the emotional operating system, known as emotional balance. Emotional balance is the primary benchmark of emotional well-being.

This article introduces the Emotional State Indicator®, a key tool in assessing emotional well-being, and summarizes the first three research studies conducted on it. This instrument measures emotional balance, the principal benchmark of emotional well-being.

Peter Senge’s systems thinking, Robert Fritz’s structure, and the What-When-How Framework were instrumental in designing and building the White-Bryan Gestalt of Human Wholeness. In this article, these three tools and their use are explained to create common ground.

In this article, the research-backed White-Bryan Gestalt of Human Wholeness (GHW) is introduced in response to calls to facilitate the emergence of Emotional Well-being as a separate discipline.