Dr. Brené Brown has become famous for her speaking and writing about vulnerability, worthiness, shame and the other important emotions running underneath daily life all the time. One theme she returns to over and over is the importance of cultivating empathy, a very different reaction than sympathy.
In the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, the largest-ever study of brain imageshas been published, authored by Amen Clinics. The study encompasses 46,034 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) brain images sourced from nine clinics. Its authors came to a conclusion that would surprise few women: Women’s brains are more active than men’s.
As meninas que hoje ocupam parques e salas de aula são as mulheres de amanhã. Mas antes disso, são as meninas de hoje, e nada justifica querermos acelerar a sua infância para que no futuro sejam mulheres perfeitas. Preparadas para ser mães, preparadas para tomar conta da casa, preparadas para se mover no mundo, preparadas para serem as melhores na sua profissão, preparadas para administrar suas emoções, preparadas para mastigar a frustração e não engasgar… Se a sua cabeça já dói com tantas exigências, imagine a delas.
You’ve heard by now that you need to be “transparent” and “authentic” and to “bring your whole self” to work. More often than not, these phrases are shorthand for expressing your feelings. But while it’s true that you need an emotionally intelligent approach both to build a great work culture and to advance your own career, there’s more to it than just wearing your feelings on your sleeve.
Nobody likes to feel guilt. But when a fear of doing harm to others and feeling guilty as a result gets too severe, it can become pathological.
Presentación de Brené Brown en TED. Brené es profesora investigadora en la Universidad de Houston, Colegio de Graduados de Trabajo Social. Ha dedicado los últimos diez años al estudio de la vulnerabilidad, el coraje, la autenticidad y la vergüenza. Centró los primeros cinco años de su estudio en la vergüenza y la empatía y ahora utiliza ese trabajo para explorar un concepto que ella llama entrega de todo corazón. Leer Más
Todos estamos de acuerdo con que ser falso es algo negativo – a nadie le gusta sentir que está con alguien que sólo está actuando, ni nadie quiere ser conocido como alguien que no vive fiel a sí mismo. Pero, ¿qué hace a una persona verdaderamente auténtica? Leer Más
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