Beyond Emotional Intelligence

About the Author

S. Michele Nevarez is a native of Wyoming and grew up in Montana and Colorado. Her fondest childhood memories were spent standing on her head listening to KC and the Sunshine Band, flying with her Grandpa Billy Goat—as she affectionately nicknamed him—in his twin-engine plane across the wide-open skies of the Big Horn Basin, and eating delicious flour tortillas with her Grandma Grace and Grandpa Felix while discussing the origins and meaning of life, which is when she first learned there is a Lady named Luck.

Michele studied and lived in Spain and France before setting off at age 20 on her life's greatest and most important journey to Bodh Gaya, India, where she met her beloved teacher Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and first began practicing Tibetan Buddhism. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in religion, she moved to Boudhanath, Nepal, where she undertook further studies in Buddhist philosophy at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, a university she helped found.

While working in human resources and leadership roles across multiple industries which she did for nearly 25 years, Michele received her master's degree in Positive Organizational Development and Change from the Weatherhead School of Management. Thereafter, she co-founded and became the CEO of Beyond EI focused on helping businesses and those who lead them gain the knowledge and practical skills to become agents of world benefit through the practical application and embodiment of their own EI, namely, ...