Farah Harris, MA, LCPC

10/20/2026

I talk a lot about emotional intelligence on here. Now I want us to actually talk about it.

Together.

Because I know you have stories.

The conversations you’re still replaying.
The reaction that you were surprised by...that was actually yours.
The person you love but cannot, for the life of you, understand sometimes. *cough*

Trust me, I have my own.

So I’m trying something new: The Color of EQ Live—your weekly EQ check-in with me.

For the next eight weeks (skipping Thanksgiving week) I’m making room for more conversations about EQ in real life.

If you’ve read my posts or my book but haven’t experienced my work live, I’d love for you to join me.

Bring your questions. I want to hear what this looks like in your life, too.

We’re kicking things off Tuesday with:🍗 We Don’t Season Our Chicken the Same

Listen.

Some of us can barely watch someone else cook without having an opinion.

And yet we’re surprised that people approach communication, relationships, and conflict differently than we do. 👀

“I would’ve handled that differently” become “Something is wrong with how you handled that” real quick.

We’ll explore what shapes those expectations—and how to get curious about someone else’s perspective while still being clear about our own needs.

I’m excited about this!

Writing gives me a place to share my thoughts.

These conversations give us a chance to explore them together.

📅 Tuesday, October 20 | 11am CST
Free, live online

We Don’t Season Our Chicken the Same: How Our Experiences Shape Our EQ Join Farah to explore how experience, culture, and upbringing shape our EQ. Leave with a reflection and one practice to try. No book reading required. Open to members and guests.

10/16/2026

We don’t season our chicken the same.

So why do we talk about emotional intelligence like we all bring the same ingredients?

Stay with me.

Our families, cultures, identities, and experiences shape what we learn about emotions.

Who gets to express them.
Which ones are acceptable.
When speaking up feels safe.
When staying quiet feels necessary.

And those lessons come with us when we walk into work.

Yet we can be quick to label someone as lacking EQ without getting curious about the context behind their behavior.

Someone’s silence might mean something very different from what you’ve decided it means.
The same goes for their directness.
Their hesitation.
Their willingness to challenge you.

Context doesn’t remove accountability. It helps us understand what we’re actually addressing.

Before we decide someone needs to “work on their EQ,” we need to examine whose expectations we’re using to measure it.

This Tuesday, October 20, I’m kicking off The Color of EQ Live, my new series exploring emotional intelligence for how we live, lead, work, and relate.

If this video gets you thinking, come join the conversation.

Registration Link below.👇🏾

10/09/2026

I didn’t plan on building a community.

And yet…here we are.

The doors to The Color of EQ Community officially open Monday, and somehow 32 people have already decided to start building this thing with me.

I’m freakin’ excited!

And also doing a little nail biting because…what the heck?!

The funny thing is, this isn’t my first attempt at community.
Back in 2018, I had a WorkingWell Daily Facebook group.

Hundreds of folks joined. Some found me through podcast interviews and other places I was showing up at the time.

But it never became what I hoped it would.
Mostly, I posted.
People occasionally engaged.

What I really wanted was for people to talk to each other. Learn from each other. Share with each other.

I wanted community.

Looking back, I can see that I was trying to build something I wasn’t quite ready to hold yet.

The idea had been suggested by a coach, but I didn’t have a clear sense of what the space was supposed to be—or how it connected to who I was becoming.

Funny enough, 8 years later, another coach suggested community again.
And this time?
It landed differently.

Maybe because I’m different.

I’m not necessarily more certain.
But I think I’m more ready.

More ready to sit with people. To share what I know without feeling like I have to be the only person teaching. And to create a space where we learn from each other.

A few people have already told me:
“I thought you already had a community.”
Or:
“This feels like such a natural expansion of the book.”

And honestly, I think that’s why this feels different.

It doesn’t feel disconnected from my work.
It feels like I’m giving a home to a conversation I’ve already been having for years.

Emotional intelligence. Identity. Leadership. Relationships. The stories we carry.
Pretty much, how we live, lead, work, and relate.

I’ve been quieter on LinkedIn for a while.
Still writing. Still working. Still teaching.

But also spending more time with myself asking:
What do I actually want?
How do I want to serve?
What kind of business do I want to build now?
And can I embody the level of agency and alignment I keep saying I want?

Something in my spirit is requiring more of me.

I think many founders know this feeling.

Sometimes when you’re launching something new, you’re still processing the decision yourself.

You don’t know exactly how people will respond.
Or what it will become.

You just know something in you is saying, go.

So I’m going.

Still growing. Still becoming. Still very much a student of emotional intelligence.

And I want to keep learning alongside people who care about collectively raising our EQ and creating healthier world because of it.

The Color of EQ Community officially opens Monday.
Thirty-two people are already inside.

And from what I’m seeing already, this feels different.
I cannot wait to see what we build together.

If this sounds like a conversation you’ve been looking for, I’d love for you to join us.
I’ll put the link in the comments. 💛

10/08/2026

October is Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month! 🧠✨

Ready to deepen your understanding and enhance your workplace environment? Explore key topics like The Color of Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Safety, and more.

Hire Farah for your next engagement and elevate your team's potential. Visit workingwelldaily.com to learn more.

09/26/2026

Many of you are aware that I wrote a book that was released in the Spring of 2023.

It's called, The Color of Emotional Intelligence: Elevating Our Self and Social Awareness to Address Inequities.

Over the past 3 years, this book has traveled internationally, used within college and graduate level courses, developed into a course and has connected me with so many amazing people.

However, the more I live and do this work, I felt that it might be time to extend my book. Go beyond the pages and cultivate a community.

So, I'm excited to share that The Color of Emotional Intelligence Community is here!

We officially launch, October 12th, but you can join now and become one of the founding members that helps me create the space that helps up learn how to apply EQ where we work, live, and be(come).

Come join and grow with me!

A space to grow self-awareness, strengthen relationships, and practice emotional intelligence in how we live, lead, work, and relate.

09/15/2026

Join me and my amazing friend and colleague, Sarah Noll Wilson, as we present the opening and closing keynote for the Hawkeye Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference.

Tickets are still available but registration closes this friday:

https://lnkd.in/eXCjBZ9t

07/26/2026

As a parent, sometimes EQ is just being present. You may not have the capacity to engage, however, stay regulated enough to allow your kids to simply be.

Can yall relate?

07/09/2026

Ever feel like you're just reacting instead of leading? Take a moment to "practice the pause" and follow these steps: aware, assess, and address. Transform your reactions into powerful leadership moments. Want to dive deeper? Check out "The Color of Emotional Intelligence" in my bio!

06/25/2026

The way you lead today may have less to do with your communication skills and more to do with the emotional lessons you learned long before you became a leader.
Your emotional narrative is shaping your conversations, your relationships, and your leadership.
Watch the video, then tell me: What’s one emotion that’s hardest for you to express at work?

01/21/2026

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to open ’s 2026 learning series with a session grounded in my bestselling book, The Color of Emotional Intelligence.

What stayed with me most wasn’t the numbers (though the early feedback has been strong)—it was the engagement. The chat was more active than they’d previously experienced, which always tells me people felt safe enough to reflect, ask, and share in real time.

And another blessing: after initially requesting 30 books, they’re now requesting 70 more because so many attendees asked for a copy.

A few comments that meant a lot:
“Clear and actionable insights…”
“Amazing and insightful presentation…”
“Very informative and relevant… relatable… it makes you look at yourself…”

But the one that hit me most was from an attendee who wrote:
“I feel this conversation on emotional intelligence is so needed. As a Black woman with neurodivergent disorder I would appreciate if more organizations would address these concerns.”

That’s why I do this work. Not for perfect scores, but for the moment when someone sees themselves in the conversation and knows they’re not alone in wanting workplaces that actually work for everyone.

Thank you to the Seyfarth Shaw team for creating space for this dialogue. Here’s to organizations willing to move beyond performance and toward genuine transformation.