Robin Stern

Robin Stern, Ph.D., is the co-founder and associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is a licensed psychoanalyst with 30 years of experience treating individuals, couples, and families. Currently, Stern hosts The Gaslight Effect Podcast which helps listeners identify gaslighting, escape the destructive relationship dynamic, and reclaim their reality.

Stern is the co-developer of RULER (an acronym for the five key emotion skills of recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, and regulating emotions), an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by over 4,500 schools across the United States and in 27 other countries. She also is the co-founder of OjiLifeLab, a digital emotional intelligence learning system for businesses. Stern consults with hospitals and companies on the application of emotional intelligence in management and leadership. She serves on the advisory board for organizations including Crisis Text Line, Think Equal, and The International Society for Emotional Intelligence.

From 2014 to 2015 Stern was a fellow in the Yale Public Voices Fellowship, and her work is frequently published in popular media outlets, such as Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Time.com, The Washington Post, The Hill, Harvard Business Review. She has been a guest on many local and national radio shows and has traveled widely to lecture on emotional intelligence, women in leadership and on relational bullying. In 2007, Stern published the critically acclaimed, "The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life." The book is based on Stern's experiences of treating patients within her practice. It was first published by Morgan Road Books in 2007 with a second edition in 2018 by Harmony Books that included the role of gaslighting in politics. The workbook version of the book is expected to be released in February 2023.

Stern co-created HowWeFeel, a new app designed to teach emotion language and enhance well-being. She is also the co-founder of Star Factor Leadership Coaching and is co-authoring a book with Dr. Janet Patti on the human side of leadership. Lastly, Stern is the co-founder of Oji Life Lab, an app-based emotional learning system for organizations. It’s a first of its kind that is not only informative but personalized for teams and industry experts who want to use emotions to their advantage with bite-sized learning right from a smartphone app.