Emotional Intelligence and Survival

''How do I survive?! And not just that!''

SwedenTrainings intends to help you developing the most important tools to function optimally in work and life. We do so in one of the last primeval woods of Europe in Central-Sweden.

Although the setting of the training is in the middle of nature and several techniques from the wilderness-survival turn up, the most important objective is finding the power sources in yourself. Nowadays we use the term Emotional Intelligence.

Emotional intelligence, or EQ is to be distinguished from IQ (our cognitive intelligence). In our work and life EQ proves to be of more importance than IQ. And where IQ turns out to be virtually unchangeable, your EQ can be improved and remains trainable during our adult years.

Part of a larger program...

The survival training is part of a more wide program, which starts with assessing an EQ-i-test of Reuven BarOn. This test has been validated by the APA. The results of this assessment are processed in the training program.

After the training  we will make appointments with each of the participants for a follow up. Where necessary further provisions are made.

Our trainings take place in Värmland in Central-Sweden. This province is the core area of the Scandinavian wolve-population and also the European brown bear roams here wide spread. Moreover we do find the lynx here.

These carnivores we generally don't observe - for they try escape us. However, meeting the big predators is possible and we prepare ourselves for it in the training.

The chance that we encounter the elk and the beaver is considerably larger and is even probable. It is clear that survival in Sweden  is a unique experience in Europe.

The group

For both the wilderness training and the psychological training foresees SwedenTrainings experts and qualified coaches. For the wilderness they are partly local Swedes; for EQ-training we have most Dutch coaches and psychologists.

The group exists out of approximately eight participants, completed with in general two coaches. The trainees are in most cases people from one company or institution, but it is also possible to compose a group out of individual applicators.

The survival training is in time and investment the largest part of the complete EQ-training. Dependent on the possibilities of the group it is assumed a midweek on location.

More information on the concept of Emotional Intelligence