How to Practice Practical Compassion I wrote a blog this past April on compassion and empathy. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about mindfulness. Today, I explain the link between these two qualitative characteristics of behavior and mindfulness. What is Compassion? Compassion has been defined in many ways. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines it as “sympathetic […]
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Business Roundtable Issues a Public Relations Piece Have you read the “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” put out by the Business Roundtable on August 19? It suggests that corporations should no longer advance only the interests of shareholders. Instead, according to the group, they must also invest in their employees, protect the environment,
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Why Youngsters Are Vulnerable I have blogged many times before on the dangers of cyberbullying in general, attacks directed towards youngsters, and cyberbullying in the workplace. The common element in each case is the use of social media to inflict pain on others through directed postings or anonymous posts. I am devoting two blogs this
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Regaining Civility in Society I have previously blogged about the decline of civility in society and rampant unethical behavior that has created conflicts everywhere we look. It seems we no longer know how to disagree with each other without being disagreeable. In short, we have lost our moral compass. One way to regain a sense
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Don’t Forget To Take Care Of yourself, too Developing ways to take care of yourself can help prevent burnout. School counselors have their own ways of doing so and include supporting emotional wellness, fostering good relationships, maintaining physical health, and developing meaningful relationships outside of work. The following blog was written by Piper Mcintosh. You
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Transforming Your Life Through Compassion and Empathy I’ve been thinking a lot lately about whether we are a compassionate society. There’s no doubt we are following a horrific event like a school shooting or terrorist attack. But are we compassionate on an everyday basis? Why is it important to be compassionate? How can we know
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How Can You Know Whether They Are Real or Contrived? Perhaps you heard about the GoFundMe scam in 2017, where Katelyn McClure and Mark D’Amico launched the online fundraiser for Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless veteran, after he gave his last $20 to McClure when she ran out of gas on I-95 in Philadelphia. The story
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Where’s the Moral Outrage? The events of last week which at least 50 people were killed and 50 wounded in an attack targeting two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, were despicable. The admissions cheating scandal in the U.S. raises serious questions about whether the large group of people involved know the difference
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Bringing Back Civility to Society The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R. Covey, is one of the bestselling books on self-improvement of all time and one of the most influential. His self-improvement book has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1989. His book has been
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Dealing with an Abusive Relationship Have you ever been in an emotionally or physically abusive relationship? Did you agonize over whether to break away from it or stay and try to work it out? If you have been faced with such an ethical dilemma, then you were in the midst of the phenomenon known as
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