“In order to stand with us, and people that look like me, you have to be educated on issues that pertain to me,” he says. The whole video is well worth a watch—here are just three of the understandings Acho shares to help us increase our empathy so that we can act from deeper understanding and solidarity toward racial justice. 3 Ways to Better Understand Racial Struggle 3 Ways to Better Understand Racial Struggle...
In this kind of discussion, things always start with awareness: how to we let people know what’s happening, what the risks are, and what needs to be done to prevent them? Logically, you need to be aware first—then comes caring. From caring, comes acting. But a new report points to just how hard that first step is. Psychologists at Duke University and Waterloo University conducted a series of studies looking at how open people are to information about serious challenges, from the economy to the environment....
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In Dani’s words: Inspiration: My beloved friend and her husband really inspired me and my husband with how to date. They’ve stuck to their template even when pregnant, in school, you name it! They’ve got 2 tiny tykes and another on the way but probably still manage a weekly date night!!! Summer explained to me their template: a theme, food, an activity or two, and maybe some decorations. Explanation: My best friend, Summer, told me about this gem of a date when my husband and I were looking for inspiration....
The kind of happiness I am referring to here goes beyond the happy faces that inevitably surface during birthday parties or the gleeful grins we see at Christmas. Genuine, underlying happiness runs deeper than the excitement displayed when our child gets the latest gadget, or the name brand clothes. This excitement offers our child a taste of happiness. A temporary happy or state of being that can often feel so good that if he (or she) gets enough of it they start mistaking it for the real thing....
