When your loved one shares a painful experience, do you try to lighten the moment? When your loved one says they are upset with you, have you found yourself justifying your words or actions, only to ...
Most academics don’t become global celebrities. But in 2010, Brené Brown, a longtime professor of social work at the University of Houston, gave a TEDx Talk about her research on shame, empathy and ...
Throughout my life, I have noticed that we, as humans, have a tendency to sugarcoat each other's experiences by minimizing them, telling them that things will get better or that "this too shall pass." ...