About Us

Hi, I’m Mark Barger Elliott. For 30 years I’ve had a front-row seat on human experience, thinking about and researching the impact emotions have in our lives. 

The question I’ve found most of us ask is, “How can I feel better?” Better within myself, my relationships, at work, and life in general.

The great news is that cutting-edge research on the brain reveals we all have the potential to not only experience but to create and build positive emotions in our lives.

We’ve spent hours studying this research in academic papers, books by neuroscientists, and classes offered by institutions such as Yale University.

We call this approach to how we think about emotions, Emotional Architecture (EA). EA is how we can build healthy and positive emotions in our lives, organizations, and communities. 

A few things about me:

  • For 33 years I’ve been married to an amazing woman who is the co-founder of EAC

  • I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Lost Boy Home tells the story of a Sudanese “Lost Boy” who returns to South Sudan to search for his parents. The Last Songwriter tells the story of streaming’s impact on songwriters and stars Emmylou Harris, Jason Isbell, and Garth Brooks

  • I’m an author of a book of poems, on how to find the middle of a maze, and on communication

  • For 29 years as a pastor, I spent ten hours a week writing and then speaking to children, teenagers, professors, scientists, future NFL players, and even a Supreme Court judge on how to live a more meaningful life

  • I graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and San Francisco Theological Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry

  • As a child I was almost eaten by a lion; as a teenager, I took games off a future Wimbledon champion; and in Oxford, I once gave a TED talk on finding two blue lobsters in 48 hours.

Hi. I’m Lynn Barger Elliott. I’ve witnessed the power of emotions as a pastor, a professor, a chaplain in a maximum-security prison, a wife for 33 years, and a mother raising three children involved in athletics who went to Cornell, Brown, and the University of Michigan.

Studies show the emotional life of our children, relationships, communities, and workplace are under stress. We are all wondering how we can feel better.

The great news is that cutting-edge research on how the brain works reveals we all have the potential to not only experience but to create and build positive emotions in our lives. We call this Emotional Architecture, or EA.

A few things about me:

  • I’ve taught leadership courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

  • I’m an author who published articles on Intergenerational Theory.

  • I graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity

  • I love to read historical novels.

  • I’m perpetually attempting to grow the perfect tomato.