We have an empathy crisis in this country. Our fierce sense of independence and entitlement allows us to effectively shut off suffering for anyone but “our own.
” We ALL know tragedy, hurt, struggle; we have all, at one point or another, collapsed to our knees and screamed and sobbed at the same time for the sake of someone we cared about with all our heart.
David Lacy
The thoughtful director of New York City’s Sara Curry Preschool and author of The Children’s Bill of Emotional Rights, Eileen Johnson has developed a philosophy of children’s emotional development. Over breakfast in the East Village, …
If you live in Boulder, odds are you’re familiar with Tedx, a community that organizes events to motivate and inspire people. Last Sunday’s TedxBoulder event in the University of Colorado’s Macky Auditorium marks it’s sixth cons…
Empathy and compassion are the source of all happiness and success,” says the Dalai Lama in a message of support to the Empathy and Compassion in Society conference. “We human beings are social animals, we depend on each other…
A look at how empathy is needed in all domains these days, especially for business innovation and design thinking.EMPATHY IN MARKETINGIn the advertising world for instance, there is a lot of talk about finding “the story”, because stories h…
