Many people believe they are empathetic, but the reality is they are not. Can you differentiate between empathy and sympathy? Sympathy is feeling sorry for a person’s situation. You see they are sad and you acknowledge it, but you really don’t connect to that feeling in yourself. As an example, your friend gets a diagnosis. […]
This is a deeply thought-provoking video on why echo chambers breed loneliness. That’s a mouthful, bear with me. Dr. Brene Brown studies vulnerability, and she has some fascinating things to say. If you haven’t heard of her, she’s worth exploring. I will share some of her videos with my thoughts in the coming weeks […]
ABC’s 20/20 did an updated story on Angelika Graswald this past weekend. She is out jail after serving 32 months. She pled guilty to reduced charges of criminally negligent homicide and was released just before Christmas 2017. She’s a free woman after only serving 32 months. The case is fascinating because it polarized many people. […]
Did you catch ABC’s 20/20 last weekend? It featured the story of Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom, and the murder of Elizabeth’s parents: Derek and Nancy Haysom in 1985. The two oddly-coupled pair skipped the country after the killings and then confessed when apprehended in England. Soering later said he didn’t do the killings. He […]
This is a great video to watch in the study of body language. As you can see immediately, this isn’t even filmed in an English speaking country, but as you watch, you will see that we all respond the same! We are the same regardless of language, though culture can and does have influential affects […]
