I recently came across this video on the blog of On Being, a public radio program that focuses on the big questions of life, often intersecting science, religion, and the human spirit. This video is by Hanan Harchol, an artist who creates animated videos focusing on Jewish traditions. Here, he asks the common question, “What does giving have to do with Read more…
We talk a lot on CI about empathy. And it’s not just us, it seems to be an important point anywhere you look: The video, almost without knowing it, demonstrates two important components of empathy: cognitive empathy and affective empathy. Stick with me for just a minute here. Cognitive empathy is having an understanding, intellectually, of what someone is feeling. Read more…
Recently I read a blog post, The Secret Behind a Great Person which told the story of Theo van Gogh. History has placed Theo in the shadows of his older brother, Vincent van Gogh. It seems that without Theo, Vincent would not have been able to produce his works of art. Theo supported Vincent financially as well as emotionally. Donald Latumahina writes, “There Read more…
Today I want to share brief descriptions of four kinds of love, by Milton Erickson. I feel they are important to know and distinguish, in order to assess how you interact others and your own relationships. 1. The infantile type of love, “I love me.” 2. I love the me in you. “I love you becaue you are my brother, my mother, my Read more…
So there I was…sitting in the stern, steering with all my might and concentration, trying to j-stroke and pry my way through all the jagged rocks of the river. The coolest part: this is my job. I get paid to play outside. More specifically, I got paid to co-lead a whitewater canoe trip for one of my family camps. Now, normally Read more…
