Cultivating Connections
Overcoming Negativity and Building Empathy In my previous role as an elementary school head teacher, I’ve encountered situations where parents express negativity. It’s tough not to let it affect me. When things don’t go as expected, I tend to feel down. But I’ve learned that focusing on the good stuff helps me bounce back. Sometimes,…
The value of empathy is a topic of increasing discussion in social organizations and schools. Compassion is what sets us apart from machines, and even from many other animals. It allows us to connect with other people and their experiences, it allows us to understand them. It is also what makes us compassionate. No wonder,…
“The brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones” (Hanson, n.d.,p. 1). Hanson (n.d.) further added that this casts a growing negative shadow over your “implicit memory,” which is made up of your fundamental standards, opinions, action plans, and state of mind. And which is just unfair, provided that the majority of…