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#kindness
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks agoHow to Show Up With Kindness, Even on Your Toughest Days
Offering help and showing kindness can significantly improve relationships and workplace culture.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology
People who turned out genuinely kind despite a tough childhood didn't learn kindness - they absorbed its absence so completely that its presence became the one thing they couldn't withhold from anyone who needed it, not as a decision, but as the only response available to a person formed the way they were formed - Silicon Canals
Kindness often stems from experiencing adversity, leading to deep empathy rather than being solely a product of a nurturing environment.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPeople who turned out genuinely kind despite a tough childhood didn't learn kindness - they absorbed its absence so completely that its presence became the one thing they couldn't withhold from anyone who needed it, not as a decision, but as the only response available to a person formed the way they were formed - Silicon Canals
Kindness often stems from experiencing adversity, leading to deep empathy rather than being solely a product of a nurturing environment.
#cognitive-empathy
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoBehavioral scientists found that people who aren't genuinely good don't lack empathy - they possess what researchers call 'selective empathy' that activates only when there's an audience or when feeling someone's pain serves their narrative - Silicon Canals
Empathy can be selectively activated, with cognitive empathy intact but affective empathy deployed based on personal benefit or audience presence.
Writing
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week agoI quit fast-paced journalism to care for my sick mom. My experience in both led me to become a celebrant at funerals.
Mandy Appleyard transitioned from a journalism career to caregiving for her mother, finding new purpose and connection during challenging times.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks agoBritish Art Show-exhibiting UK's 'most exciting' art in past five years-announces line up for tenth edition
The British Art Show 10 will showcase contemporary art in five UK cities, focusing on empathy and shared imagination during turbulent political times.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPsychology says true class and financial wealth have almost no correlation - some of the classiest people you'll ever meet have very little money, and some of the wealthiest people you'll ever encounter display a set of behaviors that reveal the opposite of class, and the difference between the two comes down to something money can't purchase and poverty can't prevent - Silicon Canals
Wealth does not equate to class; lower-class individuals often exhibit more empathy and generosity than their wealthier counterparts.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology says people who make others light up when they first meet them have usually known what it feels like to be overlooked - and instead of becoming bitter about it, they made a quiet decision at some point in their life that no one in their presence would ever feel that invisible again, and that choice is one of the most powerful things a human being can do with their own pain - Silicon Canals
Warm individuals often transform their experiences of invisibility into empathy, making others feel valued and seen.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoThere's a specific kind of person who can give the most precise, compassionate advice to everyone around them and then make the worst possible decisions for their own life. The clarity isn't selective. It's that they can only see patterns when they're not standing inside them. - Silicon Canals
People excel at identifying cognitive biases in others but struggle to recognize them in themselves, leading to a phenomenon called the bias blind spot.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology says the most self-centered people in any room aren't the ones who talk loudest - they're the ones who respond to every story you tell with a story about themselves, so automatically and so consistently that they've long since stopped noticing they do it - Silicon Canals
Self-absorbed individuals often hijack conversations by redirecting focus to their own experiences, showing a lack of empathy for others.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoResearch suggests people who feel more empathy for dogs than humans aren't broken - their empathy is fully intact, it's just been directed toward the only available recipient that has never weaponized it, and a person whose empathy has been weaponized enough times eventually stops handing it to anyone who could do it again - Silicon Canals
Empathy can be selective, often directed more towards animals than humans due to psychological and biological factors.
#conversational-narcissism
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says the most self-centered people in any room aren't the ones who talk loudest - they're the ones who respond to every story you tell with a story about themselves, so automatically and so consistently that they've long since stopped noticing they do it - Silicon Canals
Conversational narcissism involves shifting focus in conversations back to oneself, often without awareness, hindering genuine connection.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago7 phrases that sound caring but are actually a self-centred person redirecting the conversation back to themselves - and the one most people fall for every time is the phrase that begins with "I totally understand because I..." followed by a story that replaces yours entirely - Silicon Canals
Conversational narcissism redirects focus to the speaker, often disguised as empathy, making it difficult to recognize.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says people who ask 'how can I learn to be more empathetic' already possess the one trait that matters most - self-awareness - while people who claim they're already empathetic rarely are - Silicon Canals
Self-awareness is essential for developing genuine empathy and emotional intelligence.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoMost people don't realize that the kindest adults in any room were often the most watchful children - they learned to read faces before they learned to read books, and that vigilance became generosity because preventing pain in others was how they prevented their own - Silicon Canals
Generosity often stems from learned behaviors in response to emotional environments rather than from comfortable upbringings.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month agoAlan Piket on Comedy, Discipline, and Building a Career That Lasts
I started in stand-up because it felt like the most direct way to connect with people. There's no filter. You go on stage, and you find out very quickly if something works. That shaped everything for me. It forced me to be honest. If you're not honest, the audience knows. That idea still drives how I work today.
Media industry
#scott-bessent
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago"There is no bottom": Scott Bessent defends Donald Trump's post celebrating Robert Mueller's death - LGBTQ Nation
Scott Bessent defends Trump's controversial remarks about Robert Mueller's death, emphasizing empathy for Trump's experiences and challenges faced by his family.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago"There is no bottom": Scott Bessent defends Donald Trump's post celebrating Robert Mueller's death - LGBTQ Nation
Scott Bessent defends Trump's controversial remarks about Robert Mueller's death, emphasizing empathy for Trump's experiences and challenges faced by his family.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoAs Jewish ambulances are set ablaze, we must quell the flames of hate from Golders Green to the West Bank | David Davidi-Brown
The erosion of empathy and humanity fuels violence and hatred, impacting communities far beyond the immediate conflict zones.
from48 hills
1 month agoLynn Breedlove's father and stepmother were brutally murdered. He made a luminous album from the pain. - 48 hills
When I first put on the new album he made about the tragedy with local experimental duo The Living Earth Show as Trust Me, called Why I Like Dead Guys, I expected a howl of cathartic rage, a furious screed against the abject violence of fate.
SF LGBT
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI'm 37 and I've spent my entire adult life being told I'm 'too sensitive' or 'reading into things' - but the truth is I notice when people's tone shifts, when they avoid eye contact, when their kindness feels performative, and I'm exhausted from pretending I don't see what I see - Silicon Canals
Sensory processing sensitivity is a biological trait affecting 20% of the population, leading to deeper emotional and sensory processing.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoBehavioral scientists say the reason people cry when they see someone else reunited with a loved one - at airports, in films, in real life - isn't sentimentality. The brain's mirror neuron system fires a complete emotional simulation of the experience, and the tears aren't about the strangers, they're about every reunion your own body has stored and every one it's still waiting for. - Silicon Canals
Observing emotional reunions activates mirror neurons, creating an embodied response that connects us to the feelings of others.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoSolidarity by Rowan Williams review what does it really mean to stand by someone?
True solidarity requires acknowledging our fundamental separateness from others while recognizing our shared vulnerability and mutual obligations, not merely expressing empathetic identification with victims.
fromInsideHook
1 month agoThe Case for Eavesdropping
There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head. It doesn't get nearly enough credit. Instead of being understood as an uncouth behavior, "overhearing" should be celebrated, welcomed and pursued. It's an underrated tool in an increasingly lonely and disconnected world.
Psychology
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoPeople who always offer the last piece of food to someone else before taking it themselves display these 7 deeply ingrained character traits - Silicon Canals
People who offer the last slice of pizza demonstrate genuine empathy and mindful awareness, revealing character traits that influence how they interact with others and navigate social situations.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago9 signs you feel others' emotions as if they're your own and what that reveals about your rare wiring - Silicon Canals
Highly sensitive individuals physically experience others' emotions in their bodies and become emotionally drained by crowds due to their neurological wiring for deep empathic responses.
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