Episode 26: What Are 3 Reasons: A strategy for increasing our curiosity, compassion and empathy.
Finding yourself tired of the negativity, criticism, and blame that seems ever present? Whether in social or mainstream media, magazines, conversations in the workplace and around the dinner table, or gestures connected to road rage, it feels like things are a little too tense and we all need help! This week, join me as I share a strategy for increasing curiosity, compassion, and empathy. I wonder what it would be like if we reduced the should-ing, blame, criticism, and expectations we placed on other people’s behavior, language and thoughts, and worked to understand differently? I wonder what it would be like if we considered what a person might be experiencing simultaneously to the external factors like the election, pandemic, and social unrest in the world? I wonder what it would be like for us to respond to our neighbors and fellow humans from a place of care and concern. Let’s do this!