by Carol French | Jun 7, 2015 | Bias
When we ask people in our sessions what they think empathy is, the answer we get most often is, “Walking in someone else’s shoes.” While that sort of hints at the answer, it’s really much more complicated and nuanced than that. Can we really know what someone else...
by Carol French | Jun 6, 2015 | Cultural Differences
There are many things we can do to offset the impact of the constant judgments that our unconscious makes whenever we encounter a person, a behavior, or a belief system or values that are different from our own. When we find ourselves thinking, “How could they...
by Carol French | Jun 5, 2015 | Empathy
The birds in the photo are a lot like us: same species, both have feathers, wings. Different color, though, different sizes, different customs, values, and cultural norms, too, just like people. I wonder if the duck and the flamingo are peacefully co-existing, or does...
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