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THX Episode 22 - Abigail Adams: The Brave Foresight of Emotional Intelligence
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THX Episode 22 - Abigail Adams: The Brave Foresight of Emotional Intelligence

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What if emotional intelligence was the quiet force that shaped a revolution?

In this post, we reframe Abigail Adams as more than a Founding Wife—she was a relational strategist, moral conscience, and emotional architect of the early republic. Through letters, insight, and courage, she influenced power without holding it.

Using the THX frameworks—12 Utilities, PERMAH, and the Admiration Equation—we examine how Abigail turned empathy into advocacy and presence into persuasion.


💡 In This Episode:

  • The THX Utilities she embodied: Emotion Evoked, Clarity, Access, Meaning

  • Traits aligned with cognitive and emotional divergence: high empathy, rhetorical brilliance, resilience under pressure

  • How PERMAH flourished through rich relationships, civic engagement, and grounded meaning

  • Why Abigail is admired not for ruling, but for revealing what power should serve


🧠 Frameworks in Focus:

  • 12 Utilities: When emotion becomes a form of clarity and connection

  • PERMAH: Flourishing through family, advocacy, and intellectual partnership

  • Admiration Equation: How we revere those who bring moral truth to power


🎙️ The final post (for now) in the Neurodivergent Founders series from Transform the Human Experience (THX).
Explore Jefferson’s clarity, Hamilton’s intensity, Adams’ principle, Franklin’s play, Washington’s presence, Madison’s structure—and Abigail’s emotional insight.

📣 Share this with anyone who has ever influenced from behind the curtain—and knows that empathy, timing, and truth can be revolutionary acts.

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