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…
I recently reflected on different phases of my life and thought through the different themes and connections. I have faced many challenges and difficult decisions both personally and academically. It turns out that when you attend school for 18 years, it becomes nearly impossible to separate the line between your education and your immediate life. On a bad day, you may struggle Read more…
My family and I recently went on vacation to North Carolina. One of the last things we did was crabbing. All of the kids were excited, and truth be told, I was as well. Late afternoon, we stopped at a local bait and tackle store and purchased the necessary equipment and chicken necks for bait. We talked to the store Read more…
How do you reconnect with someone that you have lost? I often struggle with that aspect of loss. When you lose someone to death, they are no longer physically present. You cannot call them to talk about your day nor can you pay them a visit to simply spend time with them. It is always a difficult moment when the Read more…
The moments that I treasure the most are the raw moments. The moments in which I am vulnerable and at a loss for words. I recently let someone in, in a way that I did not think I was able to do. I shared the hardest thing that has ever happened to me. And this person respected it. He shared Read more…
