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Our Story Wanting to understand the unmanaged emotions, duplicity, and dysfunctional behaviour she experienced during 15 years as a choreographer, dance teacher and producer, Jennifer Day turned to the study of psychology and stress, Becoming a counsellor in the ‘real world’, she discovered that dysfunction was not unique to show business (!) – She also discovered that most people want help ….. but not therapy! For 9 years she studied successful approaches to the practical management of stress and emotions, then combined the best of all to develop ‘in-the-moment-solutions’ for people to move on from their regrettable actions and dysfunctions, get to grips with their feelings, tap into their strengths and unleash their possibilities for being where they want to be, emotionally and professionally! The resulting Applied Emotional Mastery® has been the subject of research studies and has been coached and taught to thousands of individuals, executives, physicians, students, teachers and parents in the US and the UK, including for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UCLA Berkeley, USF, CityYear (USA), PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC, and Southampton LEA (UK).
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Jennifer Day
AEM Founder/Director
Jennifer Day has taught and facilitated internationally for more than thirty years. Specializing in emotional intelligence coaching and facilitation, teacher-training and parenting, she is the author/co-author of six books translated into ten languages, and has designed and facilitated seminars and trainings for organizations, businesses, schools, parents, teachers and the general public in the US, Hawaii, the Caribbean, the UK and Europe.
She is also a mother of thirty years. With her daughter, artist and designer, Tammy Day, she co-founded CHILDREN BELIEVE INC., a company dedicated to providing high quality resources and support for parents and families.
Born, raised and educated in Europe, Jennifer spent more than fifteen years in the performing arts, as a director, choreographer, producer, and teacher of dance.
In 1988 she chose to change direction and embarked on studies at The Institute of Stress Management, (UK). Specializing in person-centered counseling, she spent almost a decade studying alternative approaches to stress and emotional management, including Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Autogenic Training, Play Therapy, Alexander Technique, Point of Power, and HeartMath. She co-founded and directed VIA, a Stress Management consulting firm in the UK and co-designed and directed an emotional literacy program that was implemented in 12 public schools in the UK. In the United States since 1994, Jennifer has given countless trainings to corporations, organizations, schools, parents, and individuals. She has been affiliated with several research initiatives looking at the power of emotions in behavior, learning, and business leadership, and she continues to design and facilitate trainings, coaching, and consultations in AEM on both sides of the Atlantic.
Melissa Rivera
AEM Director of Research
Melissa Rivera received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1999 and has been affiliated with universities across the country, including Hunter College, City University of New York; University of Massachusetts, Boston; Brown University; and most recently, University of South Florida. Her work in education focuses on holistic human development, participatory action research, and the arts, exploring issues of personal transformation, community development, and social justice. She has co-developed arts and educational projects and co-authored both scholarly and popular publications as well as multimedia arts products with young people, parents, teachers, and university scholars. She received her certification in Applied Emotional Mastery in 2007, and since then, she has been working with Jennifer Day and AEM as a research designer, program co-developer, presenter and coach. She is married with two young children and currently lives in Florida.
Children Believe Inc. is an organization dedicated to facilitating and promoting positive change in the lives of children, primarily by working with the adults in children's lives. Through its web-site and catalog, Children Believe has offered resources, information, education, trainings, personal coaching, newsletters, books, games, gifts, art and a unique clothing line, - all to support and assist, (and entertain!) parents, teachers, and others with children in their lives, since 1998.
Founded by Jennifer Day and her daughter artist Tammy Day, Children Believe Inc. offered family workshops and family retreats in Hawaii until 2002, when they teamed with other kindred spirits on the islands to organize and produce the 2nd International Spirit of Learning - Soul in Education Conference (following the first conference organized by the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland). Held on Kauai, the conference offered world renowned speakers such as Joseph Chilton Pearce, Linda Lantieri, Jack Miller, Peggy O'Mara, Dr Martin Brokenleg and Lindamichelle Baron. Attracting more than 200 participants from around the world, including Napal, Thailand, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, England, Scotland, Canada, Japan, Hawaii, and the United States, the conference also included a Youth Forum of 16 young people from all over the US. Following this event, Children Believe Inc. produced and directed a video about the conference and the concepts behind it, which was used to promote the third International Spirit of Learning - Soul in Education Conference, held in Australia in 2003.
In 2003, Children Believe Inc. re-located to Florida, USA. Children Believe Inc. is currently focused on developing new products for the Applied Emotional Mastery™ being used and sold in both the US and the UK.
(From left) Tammy Day, Melissa Rivera & Jennifer Day
