Dr. Lynette Vaive is co-founder of spirit of EQ and the researcher behind its Spiritual Emotional Intelligence (SEQ) framework. Her Doctor of Ministry research at the Haden Institute is the scholarly foundation for SEQ and its three domains of Awareness, Belonging, and Insight.

She is a Professional Certified Coach, a certified spiritual director, and a certified Narrative Enneagram teacher, and formerly served as a Master Trainer with Six Seconds, the global emotional intelligence nonprofit. She also holds an MBA alongside her Doctor of Ministry. She writes The Mystical Seeker with her husband Jim and is co-authoring a book on Spiritual Emotional Intelligence. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.