Designing Emotional Intelligence with Tina Schweiger

In this heart-centered episode, Andy Bennetts sits down with Tina Schweiger—entrepreneur, designer, and emotional intelligence innovator—to explore how we can design better lives by understanding our emotions. Tina opens up about her personal journey through adversity, including the emotional impact of her husband’s cancer diagnosis and how it shaped her mission to help others navigate life with clarity, self-awareness, and resilience. Tina shares the origin story of FeelWise, a movement and app built to translate emotions into actionable insights. She explains how her background in design and psychology led to the creation of an algorithm that bypasses analytical bias, engages the limbic brain, and quantifies emotional intelligence over time. From classroom teachers to CEOs, Tina’s tools are being used to improve communication, psychological safety, and leadership across industries. Together, Andy and Tina unpack practical strategies for building emotional intelligence, the difference between reacting and reflecting, and how leaders can model empathy in transformative ways. Whether you're leading a team, raising a family, or growing yourself, this episode will leave you with a deeper appreciation for the power of emotional awareness in shaping the future.