Welcome to the University of Emo!

The world’s first and only personal and professional transformation program designed specifically for emo, and elder emo professionals. Here, we combine emo, indie rock, and poppunk music with Emotional Intelligence tools & techniques to help professionals, leaders and students 

• Up-level their emotional health
• Better understand their emotions and how to confidently navigate them
• Turn emotional struggles into emotional power
• Improve leadership and productivity skills
• Build & sustain genuine, longlasting joy 

and ultimately, step into their best selves. 

University of Emo is the ONLY life-coaching program that focuses specifically on emotional intelligence (EQ) while using Emo Music as a primary vehicle for both academic and social learning purposes, as well as cultural improvement and student buy-in. 

University of Emo is owned and operated exclusively by Ben Bailie Emokid & EMO STORY LLC

Pure Joy with Ben (30-day challenge)

Undergrad - 6-8 week overview 

Grad School: After intro program, choose an area of focus...

• Emotional Intelligence
• Building Joy and Simplifying Life
• Learning how to be truly optimistic/Power of Positive Thinking (Maintaining Joy)
• Building emotional confidence
• Stress Management
• Resolution Keeping

I'm on a mission to help the world become more emotionally intelligence. I also love mid-90s to mid-2000s Indie/Emo/PopPunk music. (Some of my favorites include Jimmy Eat World, blink 182, Bright Eyes, and Yellowcard.) 

Once-upon-a-time, I was a touring musician myself, and have also spent 23 years as a teacher/mentor/community builder. 

When I was playing shows, I often found myself just as interested in the conversations I was having as I was in performing. The music became my way of drawing people in. 

And my project, Superstar Runner, was really about recognizing human potential. 

(It was very "posi-core" as Ace Enders once put it.)

We often talk about the importance of mental health in the PopPunk community, but I've often found that other than suggestions of therapy (which I'm a major advocate of), there aren't a whole lot of resources out there to do much about it. 

I felt like this was something I could help with. 

So, a few years ago, I decided to focus my attention more coaching and mentoring, 

and centered my focus on Emotional Health.

I then thought, "I wonder if there was a way in which I could combine my love of emo music AND personal transformation into an actual thing."

And so...here we are!