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Emotional Intelligence: Master Anxiety, Fear, & Emotions (Udemy.com)

Emotional Intelligence: Techniques for Recognizing, Overcoming; Coping with Negative Emotions like Anxiety & Fear

Created by: Joeel & Natalie of Transformation Services

Last updated September 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 22,820 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a self-paced course on emotional awareness, built around three emotions: uncertainty, anxiety and fear. It runs about 6.8 hours across 50 lectures in eight sections, moving from how emotions work to awareness exercises, self-control techniques, stress, and a short section on Neuro Linguistic Programming. It is pitched at anyone who feels their emotions run the show, and a few lines in the audience list also speak to coaches, teachers, nurses and parents. There are no quizzes or assignments. The only requirement is being able to print the worksheets.

Joeel Rivera and Natalie Rae, the life coaches behind Transformation Services, get credit for an easy, relatable style. Reviewers describe plain words, real-life examples and a tone that is not preachy, and one says parts work well while driving. About 85 percent of the 22,820 ratings are four or five stars. The complaints are consistent. Low-star reviewers call it repetitive. One says single videos run 20 minutes on one idea, and another feels much of it is theory already all over YouTube. One reviewer notes the audio volume differs between the two instructors.

The course was published in 2017 and last updated in September 2026, though one reviewer still says the material could use a refresh. Among 98,645 students it is a Bestseller, and it comes with a certificate. It works best if you do the exercises and worksheets instead of just listening. Anyone after a clinical plan for serious anxiety should look elsewhere, but as a gentle starting point it is easy to recommend.

Best forPeople who feel swamped by anxiety or stress and want plain-spoken coping exercises they can practice between lessons.
Skip it ifYou want clinical depth, or you already know most of this from YouTube, since low-star reviewers call it repetitive.

Pros

  • Plain language and real-life examples that reviewers find relatable, not preachy
  • Hands-on exercises such as centering and a body scan that reviewers single out
  • Printable worksheets and a clear path from understanding emotions to self-control
  • Refreshed in September 2026, with about 85 percent of ratings at four or five stars

Cons

  • Repetitive, with some videos running about 20 minutes on a single idea
  • One reviewer calls it mostly theory that is already all over YouTube
  • Audio volume differs noticeably between the two instructors
Overall, the course was useful and provided practical strategies that I can apply in everyday life.
Zia Ullah, a student

Fine for beginners, since nothing is required beyond printing worksheets. It is coaching-style self-help, not clinical care.

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What you will learn

  • Feel good (or at least better) no matter what is going on around you
  • Stop your emotions from spiraling out of control
  • Feel resilient and capable of handling life stressors
  • Stop racing thoughts and calm your anxiety
  • Develop mindfulness by focusing on the present moment
  • Feel confident and in control of your emotional state and your life

Course content

8 sections · 50 lectures · 6.8 hours of video 3 articles

  1. 1Introduction 4 free previews6 lectures · 29 min
  2. 2UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS6 lectures · 1.1 hours
  3. 3EMOTIONAL AWARENESS9 lectures · 1.5 hours
  4. 4SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUES11 lectures · 1.4 hours
  5. 5COMBATTING STRESSORS4 lectures · 43 min
  6. 6Neuro Linguistic Programming Processes1 lecture · 15 min
  7. 7SELF-EMPOWERMENT TECHNIQUES10 lectures · 1.3 hours
  8. 8Next Steps3 lectures · 8 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • You’re experiencing UNCERTAINTY in your life and want to feel confident and at ease.
  • You’re STRESSED OUT and want tools to cope with the ups and downs of life and perform better under stress.
  • You experience ANXIETY, FEAR, or WORRY and you want to learn how to prevent de-escalate these emotions.
  • You are tired of feeling like your emotions are outside of your CONTROL.
  • You no longer want to experience DRAMA, fighting or emotional turmoil in your life.
  • You want to understand your emotions, how they work, and how you can manage them.
  • You want to learn how to take control of your thoughts, avoid negative, compulsive THINKING and silence your inner critic
  • You’re a life coach, counselor, social worker, teacher, nurse or parent who wants to HELP OTHERS learn to take control of their emotions.

What you need before you start

  • The ability to print worksheets

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews22,820#17 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length6.8 hourslonger than 84% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 93% of them

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Course Description

*Top-Rated Udemy Instructor with 1,000,000 Students*

Developing Emotional Intelligence is the biggest key to overcoming negative emotions, such as anxiety and fear.

This course will give you the tools that you need to develop emotional intelligence so you can recognize negative emotions (such as anxiety) while they’re happening, identify the triggers that cause the emotion, and overcome the emotion.  

We’ve been told lies about our emotions:  

  • Emotions are bad or that we’re not supposed to express them.  

  • We should trust them—trust our gut—but, wait, no—emotions are irrational and shouldn’t be trusted  

  • Emotions are something that happens TO us and, therefore, they’re outside of our control.  

The truth is that you CAN control your emotional state, including fear and anxiety. You can learn how to avoid the unwanted ones and purposefully create the ones you want. Just think about an astronaut—they HAVE to learn how to control their mind, emotions and body in order to handle the extreme stress of living in space. And, if they are human beings and can develop their emotional intelligence to overcome any anxiety and fear, so can you.   

In fact, the skill of emotional intelligence is perhaps the most valuable skill you can EVER acquire. By developing your INTRApersonal emotional intelligence skills, you are able to understand and regulate your own emotions. And that is the best way to be prepared to develop your INTERpersonal skills, a.k.a. your ability to understand other people's emotions.  

Being able to cope with and prevent high intensity stress, anxiety and fear unlocks our greatest abilities, frees us to go for our wildest dreams, and is a powerful factor that is often overlooked when comparing those who are successful at achieving their dreams and those who are not.  

For most of us, in our homes and schools, no one teaches us about our emotions and how they work.  

No one teaches that WE can control emotions such as fear and anxiety by using the power of our own mind to become aware of our thoughts and feelings and so unlock the ability to choose our emotions and direct the content of our lives.  

No one teaches us that lack of emotional management is what leads to drama, anxiety, suffering, addiction, stress and poor decisions…. And that if we learn to control our emotions we can avoid these things.  

Emotional intelligence matters!  

And that’s why we’ve created this course.  We’ll focus on 3 of the most undesirable emotions—uncertainty, anxiety, fear—and how you can use emotional awareness and self-control techniques to take back control of your emotions and feel better now.  

We’ll teach you what your emotions REALLY mean, how to recognize them, and how to direct them in a way that allows you to move toward your life goals  

We’ll teach how to get out of your head and become the observer of your emotions as they happen, so you can avoid being hijacked by your own brain and feel in control again. In other words, you will take your power back from anxiety, stress, and negative emotions.  

In this course, you will learn:  

  • Emotional Intelligence insights into to what emotions are and how they work  

  • Emotional Intelligence tools to recognize and identify your emotions  

  • Emotional Intelligence tools to direct your thoughts, giving you the power to direct your emotions  

  • Emotional Intelligence techniques for re-framing your perspective to find the blessings hidden within the pain  

  • How to take back your power and put yourself first  

  • Emotional Intelligence techniques for stress reduction and to make every day more enjoyable  

  • Proven emotional Intelligence tools for preventing loss of emotional control  

  • Emotional Intelligence techniques for de-escalating anxiety and fear  

  • NLP (neuro linguistic programming) techniques to rewire emotional reactions and anchor positive emotions  

  • Emotional intelligence tools to cope with challenges using humor and other self-empowerment techniques  

  • Emotional intelligence techniques to develop feelings of self-confidence and certainty  

  • Emotional intelligence techniques to master feeling hopeful and joyful  

So, if you are ready to reprogram your brain and let go of negative emotions, such as anxiety and fear, and learn the power of emotional intelligence enroll now, we look forward to seeing you in the course!

Guarantee: We know you will love this course. However, we offer a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee if the course does not meet your needs for any reason.  we look forward to seeing you in the course!  

So, who are we:   

We are Joeel & Natalie Rivera. We both have over a decade in the field of education, psychology, social service and life coaching. Joeel has a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Education and is finishing his dissertation for his PhD in Psychology with an emphasis on happiness. He is also a former psychology instructor. We have over 800,000+ students from 200 countries. We have worked with thousands of individuals and we’ve observed clearly that the content of people’s thoughts and focus influence their emotional state, which then influences their behavior and the results and outcomes they experience in their lives. We have each also had experiences in life that have pushed us to learn how to understand, identify and influence our own mental and emotional states—and our ability to control our emotions is directly responsible for the success we have created in life. In this course, we teach you everything we have learned through our own experiences, as well as through what we’ve learned from our clients, our research, our careers and our education.   

Copyright  Transformation Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Instructor Details

Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. and Natalie Rae are pioneers in the life coaching field and co-founders of Transformation Services – the leading online course marketplace for life coaching, personal development and entrepreneurship. They’re the only life coach training organization in the world with 60+ niche coaching certifications, providing completely self-paced, done-for-you coaching programs offered at accessible prices.

They have PROUDLY served nearly 1,000,000 happy students from 200 countries and territories.

Using the science of psychology and human potential, they train leading edge entrepreneurs, leaders, and life coaches how to master their mindset and create a purpose-driven business so they can monetize their passion and live life on their terms.

Joeel A. Rivera, MEd: From an early age, Joeel faced adversity, including failing his first year of college and losing his brother to a car accident at the age of 19. This experience transformed his life and instilled a deep sense of purpose by inspiring him to give his brother Daniel's name a meaning by helping others find their true path. He returned to college, earning a Master's Degree in Counseling and all but the dissertation for his Ph.D. in Psychology, and later became a psychology professor.

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Reviews

4.5

22,820 ratings on Udemy

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By Julie Yohn on 9/4/2026

This course has been amazing so far and has truly exceeded my expectations! I'm gaining valuable new skills and tools for managing anxiety, fear, and emotions. The self-control techniques, such as learning to take back my power and using centering exercises, have been particularly impactful. It's been a great match for me, and I highly recommend it.

By Mayada Mostafa Azab on 8/30/2026

i wanted to know how to react with my anxiety and how to control it but the course has lots of talk, theories, even the examples are not effective. i know most of what is said and it is all over the YouTube

By Dominik Pöpel on 8/10/2026

Overall, the content was well structured and informative. However, the material could use an update at some point. One area that could definitely be improved is the audio volume, which varies noticeably between the two instructors and can be distracting.

By Elena Levin on 6/27/2026

I gave this Emotional Intelligence class five stars because it was very informative, practical, and easy to apply. The course provided many helpful tools for recognizing, understanding, and coping with difficult emotions such as anxiety, fear, and negative thought patterns. I especially appreciated how the class focused not only on explaining emotions, but also on teaching realistic techniques to manage and overcome them in daily life. Overall, this was a valuable and well-organized class that gave me practical strategies I can use personally and professionally.

By Mario Miniaci on 5/25/2026

The course was very effective, it combines comprehensive content with practical applications. The instructor's expertise and engaging style made learning enjoyable. Some of this course is great while you’re driving. Thank You!

By PHOEBE CASTILLO on 5/12/2026

It helps me identify the triggers when it comes to anxiety and emotions, and how to handle them properly.

By Ashwin Koli on 5/4/2026

I loved the topics covered in this course. The resources are handy for revision. The points like 'Anchors', 'Humors', 'NLP', etc. are really helpful.

By Ravi Kumar on 3/6/2026

A wonderful course that helps in personality development. Often times, due to our circumstances in life, we grapple with various problems for which we do not have any solutions. This course provides us various tools to strengthen our emotions and lead a more empowering life. I thank Joeel and Natalie for putting together this beautiful course. I have learnt a lot from this course and hopefully - fingers crossed - I will be putting what I have learnt into practice.

By Karim Khoja on 2/11/2026

The training was very effective, combining comprehensive content with practical applications. The instructor's expertise and engaging style made learning enjoyable.

By Sheriezia Sallie on 1/26/2026

Was good About t mind body and connection and life belong and change yourself how to behave and you're balancing how will work cool and not so much fear

By LuAnn Graber on 11/22/2020

I am about half way through. To this point here is too much lecture, not enough visual to hold my attention. The resources seem to be the lecture in printed form, not concise outlines that could be easily reviewed. On the upside, the instructors are very knowledgeable.

By Sergei Kukarskikh on 11/15/2020

The course keeps a set of pretty useful practices, some lectures are very inspiring and motivating.
Why not 5 stars: for me personally, the course creators are more enthusiasts who have very high level of consciousness and empathy than skilled psychotherapists who had a lot of practice, i.e. advice would work probably, but I feel like: if some methods wouldn't work for me, they could not explain why it is not working for me, though they would be able to propose other way to solve the same case. I feel like they discover methods those works and they do share it with other people for the good. As a minor, but slightly annoying point , as well which one proofs/triggers feeling of not being a solid therapists, the guys use too many times examples of their lives and lives of some people they do know, that left a sense - that there is no full picture of some common human behavior, which is more common for science based lectures and courses... Also, I could be just simple boring annoyed pedantic person... :)
As a final line: after I've started the course, I've had an event that made me pretty down emotionally, methods I've learned helped me to begin movement in positive direction.
And that is a lot.
Thanks!
p.s. to the course owners: Guys, could you consider to give detailed examples of what each word for an emotion means in the beginning, before first practice. You have it in the course but way later that is already needed.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100