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Holding Hands with Strangers
This short video shows a heart warming and fascinating social experiment where people agree to be blindfolded, and then hold hands and have a short conversation with a stranger. Then they get to see the person they have been talking to. The results are a beautiful example of why we should not be so quick […]
Posted March 23, 2017 by in Life
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Empathy for Students – Class DOJO
In this short video, students watch Mojo the green monster become a director of a play, only to have things go terribly wrong when the stress of putting on the play leads to fights on the set. With Bruce’s guidance, will Mojo be able to save his play? Hint: increasing empathy plays a role!
Posted February 21, 2017 by in Education
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Cleric and Priest Show Empathy
In this short ad video from Amazon, a priest and a cleric strike up a friendship and show empathy to each other. A great example of Increasing Empathy!
Posted February 2, 2017 by in Life
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Six Habits of Highly Empathic People
In this article from the Greater Good Science Center, Roman Krznaric looks at the ways we can expand our own empathic potential by looking at the habits of highly empathic people. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_habits_of_highly_empathic_people1
Posted January 27, 2017 by in Life
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Empathy – The Human Connection to Patient Care
This video from the Cleveland Clinic walks you through the struggles and triumphs of many of the people in the hospital. A great reminder that we hardly ever know the full extent of what a stranger is dealing with in life, and if we did, we would treat them differently. This video can be used […]
Posted January 2, 2017 by in Life
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Polarized Classrooms
This article is from Teaching Tolerance, and is so relevant in today’s polarized political climate. The author discusses how political polarization has infiltrated even our classrooms, the intolerance that results from this, and a success story of what one teacher did to combat this trend
Posted December 27, 2016 by in Education
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Empathy Y
By asking you to write down what empathy feels like, looks like, and sounds like, this worksheet helps you flesh out all the different components of empathy
Posted December 27, 2016 by in Life
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Really Caring
In this short video, photojournalist Dewitt Jones talks about the power of really caring – for the people we work for, the people we work with, and the very work itself — and how it’s the basis for creativity… and creating a better world. This video is free to watch online until Nov. 21st. 2016
Posted October 27, 2016 by in Life
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Blinded Man Focuses on Shared Humanity
The blind man speaking in this short video wonderfully represents both the power of exercising optimism and practicing empathy – worth a couple minutes!
Posted October 16, 2016 by in Life
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Stop Socializing Girls to be Perfect
This short article and accompanying TED talk make the case that socializing girls to be perfect actually harms them in the long run, because “if we can teach young girls to be brave, not perfect, they will add their intellect, compassion and empathy to solving the world’s big problems.”
Posted October 16, 2016 by in Education , Family
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Focus Is a Prerequisite for Compassion
In this fascinating TED talk, bestselling author Daniel Goleman makes the case that it is our focus, more than anything else, that determines whether or not we act compassionately toward others. If we are too focused on ourselves and our own situation, we essentially turn off our ability to practice empathy.
Posted October 9, 2016 by in Life
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Photographing Strangers
Since 2007, Richard Renaldi has been approaching and asking complete strangers to physically interact while posing for a picture. He calls the series Touching Strangers. The images range from awkward to intimate, but the most important part of the series is how it has impacted the participants themselves. Is there an important lesson here for […]
Posted October 2, 2016 by in Life
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