Carolyn Pedwell is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University in the UK. Author Feminism, Culture and Embodied Practice: The Rhetorics of Comparison. Forthcoming Book: Affective Relations: The Transnatio…

 How do you build the most intimate relationships? The key ingredient is empathy. My radio guest, Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, EdD, PhD, is the author of The Stress Solution: Using Empathy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Develop R…

While there are many private sector mentoring programmes in place, these are too often seen as ‘nice-to-have’, but not essential. Successful mentoring relationships often transcend this as mentors gain an understanding of the world view of another…

I’ve thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it’s the current that connects me and my actual pulse to a fictional character in a made up story, it allows me to feel, pretend feelings and sorrows and imagined pain.   And my nervous sy…