About Us
BUILDING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR LIFE
We help people build emotional intelligence — from the very beginning, and across every stage of life.
Through our Foundations Program, our recreational emotional intelligence program for children, we create playful, emotionally safe learning experiences that help kids understand feelings, build empathy, and develop confidence and self-regulation.
Through our Insights Program, our emotional intelligence assessment service, we support young adults, adults, and organizations with clear, strengths-based understanding of emotional skills. Our assessments turn self-awareness into practical insight for personal growth, leadership development, and healthier workplace culture.
Whether we’re teaching children or working with teams, our approach is human, evidence-informed, and grounded in real life. We believe emotional intelligence is teachable, measurable, and essential — not just for success at work, but for well-being, connection, and life as a whole.
Foundations build the skills. Insights bring them into focus.
Together, we’re building emotional intelligence for life.
Why Choose The EI Method?
Providing a Transformational Emotional Intelligence Experience
We help children, young adults, and professionals develop real emotional intelligence through engaging, evidence-based learning that goes far beyond theory. Our approach is personal, practical, and designed to create lasting change in how people understand themselves and others.
Our programs are built on established psychological frameworks and delivered with care, depth, and integrity, because emotional intelligence is built through real human connection.
We use creative, hands-on activities and modern assessment tools that make learning meaningful, memorable, and applicable to real life.
We believe emotional intelligence development should be attainable, offering high-quality services that deliver real value without unnecessary barriers.
Emotional intelligence is lived, felt, and practiced. Our work focuses on human insight, empathy, and self-awareness, areas no technology can replace.
Founded
2025
Team
Educators and EI assessors
Focus areas
• Children
• Education
• Workplaces
Our purpose
Building Emotional Intelligence for Life
Our Team
Built with intention
We are driven by a shared vision to make emotional intelligence accessible, practical, and relevant at every stage of life.
Maryke Karsten
Founder and accredited assessor
Tracy Vorster
Educator
