{"id":959,"date":"2020-10-31T01:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T05:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miaminetwork.org\/site-plan\/?p=959"},"modified":"2023-08-17T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:12:46","slug":"defending-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/defending-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"959\" class=\"elementor elementor-959\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13c4d439 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13c4d439\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28a21e85\" data-id=\"28a21e85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6672f98f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6672f98f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"line-height: 170%; font-size: 120%; text-align: left; margin-left: 12%; margin-right: 12%;\"><h2><strong>Hold the Line, A Guide to Defending Democracy<\/strong><\/h2><p>How can we defend and support our democracy, which feels so vulnerable as we head into this election? What are some concrete actions that we &#8212; even those of us who are non-experts and non-activists &#8212; can take to strengthen ourselves and empower each other to choose the next president fairly? 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style=\" line-height: 200%; font-weight: 500; \r\nbackground-color: #f7efde; color: #000; font-size: 80%; text-align: center; padding: 0%;\">\r\n<ul class='eme_events_list'><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9687\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 17, 2026\" title=\"April 17, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/empty-cup.png\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Friday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">8 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 17, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9687\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> IFS :: 8 PM Friday <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9878\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 18, 2026\" title=\"April 18, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/acim-cover-b-768x363-1.webp\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Saturday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">9 am ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 18, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9878\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> ACIM &#8211; Saturday <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9607\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 19, 2026\" title=\"April 19, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peace_journey-2.jpg\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Sunday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">9 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 19, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9607\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> Peace_Exercise 12_apps_online <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9747\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 20, 2026\" title=\"April 20, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/empathy-circle-events-crop_B2.webp\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Monday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">8 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 20, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9747\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=7772\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 21, 2026\" title=\"April 21, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IFS-2B-768x360.jpg\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Tuesday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">8 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 21, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=7772\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> IFS :: Tuesday <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9748\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 22, 2026\" title=\"April 22, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/empathy-circle-events-crop_B2.webp\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Wednesday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">8 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 22, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9748\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9632\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 23, 2026\" title=\"April 23, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/universe_milky_way_E2-768x384.jpg\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  <!-- div class=\"column_10-22-25\" -->\n    <span>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:185%\">Thursday <\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:110%\">8 pm ET<\/div> \n    <div style=\"height: 8px\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:90%\">April 23, 2026 <\/div>\n  <\/span>\n\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"text-align: center;font-size:100%\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9632\">\n  <button class=\"btnBlue bg_hoverBlue\" type=\"button\"> Guided Meditation &#8211; Thur <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"height: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- contaner -->\n\n<\/div> <!-- border -->\n<br>\n\n    <div style=\"height: 14px\"><\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 15px;text-align: center;border: thin solid silver;padding: 8px;margin: 1px;line-height: 120%;font-weight: 500;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 100%;padding: 1%\">\n\n<div class=\"container_10-22-25\">\n\n  <div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n   \n  <div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?event_id=9688\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April 24, 2026\" title=\"April 24, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/empty-cup.png\" style=\"max-width:280px;border-radius: 15px\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n   \n  <div style=\"height: 10px\"><\/div>\n  <\/div> <!-- column_10-22-25 -->\n<br>\n<br>\n\n<div class=\"column_10-22-25\">\n\n  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span-eme-calday-3'><a title='IFS :: 8 PM Friday' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-03&#038;lang=en' >3<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Sat eventful event-day-4'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-4'><a title='ACIM &#8211; Saturday' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-04&#038;lang=en' >4<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Sun eventful event-day-5'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-5'><a title='Peace_Exercise 12_apps_online' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-05&#038;lang=en' >5<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><td class='Mon eventful event-day-6'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-6'><a title='Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-06&#038;lang=en' >6<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Tue eventful event-day-7'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-7'><a title='IFS :: Tuesday' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-07&#038;lang=en' >7<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Wed eventful event-day-8'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-8'><a title='Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-08&#038;lang=en' >8<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Thu eventful event-day-9'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-9'><a title='Guided Meditation &#8211; Thur' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-09&#038;lang=en' >9<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Fri eventful event-day-10'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-10'><a title='IFS :: 8 PM Friday' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-10&#038;lang=en' >10<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Sat eventful event-day-11'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-11'><a title='ACIM &#8211; Saturday' 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href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-19&#038;lang=en' >19<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><td class='Mon eventful event-day-20'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-20'><a title='Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-20&#038;lang=en' >20<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Tue eventful event-day-21'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-21'><a title='IFS :: Tuesday' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-21&#038;lang=en' >21<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Wed eventful event-day-22'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-22'><a title='Empathy Circles &#8211; Mon_&amp;_Wed' href='https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/events\/?calendar_day=2026-04-22&#038;lang=en' >22<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td class='Thu eventful event-day-23'><span class='span-eme-calday span-eme-calday-23'><a title='Guided Meditation &#8211; Thur' 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"line-height: 170%; text-align: left; font-size: 110%;\"><div style=\"height: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><b style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><strong>Empathy Circles and Open Source Empathy Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/b><\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Would you like to speak and feel fully heard? Would you like to connect to yourself and others more deeply? Do you want to work on developing your empathy skills?<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>An empathy circle is a simple but powerful way for people to connect through structured dialogue, speaking and active listening in small groups. It takes about 15 minutes to understand.\u00a0<\/p><p>You don&#8217;t need any special skills or training to be involved.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>It is primarily designed to offer an environment for active listening and creates a space where you can talk and feel heard to your satisfaction about a set topic or whatever is alive for you in the moment.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>You will each have a role in the circle and take turns switching roles throughout the circle.<\/p><p>One role is the speaker who will speak to an active listener.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Everyone else takes the role of a silent listener during each turn and there is also a facilitator role who will also participate, keep time and help keep everyone in the process.\u00a0<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><h3>Link:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers#NYC-PTSD\">Ground Rules \/ Guidelines<\/a> (NYC&#8211;PTSD)<\/h3><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bc2d5a\" data-id=\"7bc2d5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a0eb78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a0eb78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5edd9ca\" data-id=\"5edd9ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a17c97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a17c97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c61f2d0\" data-id=\"c61f2d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-739d47d\" data-id=\"739d47d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-650694d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"650694d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"line-height: 170%; font-size: 110%; text-align: left; margin-left: 1%; margin-right: 1%;\"><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h1>\u00a0<\/h1><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>The two main criteria in practicing Marshall Rosenberg&#8217;s NVC:<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>1. Are you speaking and acting from your own experience? <br \/>aka: It&#8217;s not about &#8220;fixing&#8221; someone else.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>2. Is your practice contributing to well-being? aka: Do No Harm (&#8220;Ahimsa&#8221;) When harm occurs accidentally, NVC can be used for repair work and healing.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/>________________________<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>QUESTION: &#8220;When should NVC not be applied for a reason of impaired physical or mental health?<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>ANSWER: &#8221; I cannot think of a situation in which self-compassion, self-empathy, and self-connection is not appropriate. ~Marshall Rosenberg<\/p><div style=\"height: 54px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h1>Carl Rogers 3 core conditions:<\/h1><p>\u00a0Empathy, Congruence and Unconditional positive regard.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>1) Empathic understanding: the counsellor trying to understand the client&#8217;s point of view.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>2) Congruence: the counsellor being a genuine person.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>3) Unconditional positive regard: the counsellor being non-judgmental.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h1>[Listening]<\/h1><p>&#8230; means entering the private perceptual world of the other and becoming thoroughly at home in it&#8230; It involves being sensitive, moment by moment, to the changing felt meanings which flow in this other person&#8230;. To be with another in this ways means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter anothers world without prejudice&#8230; In some sense it means that you lay aside yourself &#8230;. ~Carl Rogers<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h1>Empathy is saying to someone:<\/h1><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to be a companion to you in your search and your exploration. I want to know, am I with you? Is this the way it seems to you? Is this the thing you&#8217;re trying to express? Is this the meaning it has for you?&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>So in a sense I&#8217;m saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m walking with you step by step, and I want to make sure I am with you. Am I with you? So that&#8217;s a little bit of my understanding about empathy.&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>~ Carl Rogers<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c220eee\" data-id=\"c220eee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e702d63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e702d63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a486d5\" data-id=\"2a486d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c496e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c496e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7018c6d\" data-id=\"7018c6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d087a4d\" data-id=\"d087a4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb0230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcb0230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"line-height: 180%; font-size: 105%; text-align: left; margin-left: 1%; margin-right: 1%;\">\n<div style=\"height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllAboutRogers\/photos\/a.119653803213884\/119875063191758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4722 size-full\" title=\"Carl Rogers and Leta Hollingworth \" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/carl_rogers_pair.jpg\" alt=\"Carl_Rogers and Leta Hollingworth\" width=\"698\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/carl_rogers_pair.jpg 698w, https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/carl_rogers_pair-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"height: 11px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllAboutRogers\/photos\/a.119653803213884\/119875063191758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Rogers and Leta Hollingworth<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height: 14px;\"><\/div>\n&#8230;::\u201dEmpathy is the listener&#8217;s effort to hear the other person deeply, accurately, and non-judgmentally. Empathy involves skillful reflective listening that clarifies and amplifies the person\u2019s own experiencing and meaning, without imposing the listener\u2019s own material.&#8217;\n~ Carl Rogers (1902\u20131987)\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 170%; font-size: 105%; text-align: left; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\">\n\n..::\u201dI used to think that the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation. And we scientists don\u2019t know how to do that. ~ Gus Speth \u2661\n<div style=\"height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<!--\n\n<strong>\n\nLife on Earth<\/strong> NEEDS human beings living the transparent, open, all-inclusive Carl Rogers Empathic Life Now! Based on the original teachings and living life example of the Prince of Peace \u2661\n\n...:: \u2661 Love one another, just don't judge! <\/strong>\n\n-->\n<div style=\"height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n&#8230;::&#8221;The highest form of human intelligence&#8230; is to observe&#8230; without judgment. ~ Krishnamurti \u2661\n\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 117px;\"><\/div>\n<b>NVC :: OFNR :: OBSERVATION\u2661, Feelings, Needs and Requests<\/b>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nOBSERVATION\u2661 without evaluation consists of noticing concrete (real) things and actions around us. We learn to distinguish between judgment and what we sense in the PRESENT moment, and to simply OBSERVE what is there (right now).\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n&#8230;::&#8221; Violence is not merely killing another&#8230; It is violence when we use a sharp WORD&#8230; when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear&#8230; So violence isn&#8217;t merely organized butchery in the name of God&#8230; in the name of society or country&#8230; Violence is much more subtle&#8230; much deeper&#8230; and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.&#8221; ~ Krishnamurti \u2661\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 110%;\">\n\nMRI scans show that after an eight-week course of mindfulness practice, the brain&#8217;s \u201cfight or flight\u201d center, the amygdala, appears to shrink. &#8230; As the amygdala shrinks, the pre-frontal cortex \u2013 associated with higher order brain functions such as awareness, concentration, and decision-making \u2013 becomes thicker (expands).\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 13px;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2011\/01\/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain\/\">https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2011\/01\/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain\/<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nPlease Note: An &#8220;<strong>Empathy Circle<\/strong>&#8221; facilitator \/ trainer must complete the training offered by Edwin Rutsch at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmpathyCircle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmpathyCircle.com<\/a> in order to use the name, organize, or promote &#8220;<strong>Empathy Circles<\/strong>&#8220;. (c)\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nElevated Empathy in adults following childhood trauma: (science) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6169872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6169872\/<\/a>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nHow Empathy is often misunderstood.\n(Holistic Psychology) <h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the.holistic.psychologist\/posts\/pfbid02p1hT3ae8mpmmpCXNuKsSmHY8Qsreb4RjT8Ez2VtAo6BPFYPixibPDW7nNEhxec7cl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the.holistic.psychologist\/posts\/pfbid02p1hT3ae8mpmmpCXNuKsSmHY8Qsreb4RjT8Ez2VtAo6BPFYPixibPDW7nNEhxec7cl<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a72af96\" data-id=\"a72af96\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43851e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43851e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feelings<\/a><\/h1><h2><strong>Big Hint<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch out for &#8220;non-feeling&#8221; words<\/a>&#8230;<\/h2><p>It is important to choose words that really are feelings.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That&#8217;s the reason for the list<\/a>.\u00a0 If you use words like &#8220;abandoned&#8221; or &#8220;misled&#8221; or &#8220;shunned&#8221; we can prevent ourselves from getting to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;REAL&#8221; feelings<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 17px; background-color: #f4f1e1;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These &#8220;non-feeling&#8221; words are more like accusations or judgments than feelings<\/a>.\u00a0 SOURCE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nycnvc.org\/feelings<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7550649\" data-id=\"7550649\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04e76b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04e76b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"height: 17px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Guidelines:<\/strong><\/h1><p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Trauma is when your reality is neither seen nor acknowledged&#8221;<br \/>~<span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Bessel van der Kolk\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>To us, post-traumatic stress is when the shame, isolation, and pain of past trauma are too intense for us to face and process. As a result, the past trauma &#8216;lives&#8217; in a sense, and continues to affect our health, relationships, jobs, bodies, and day-to-day lives.<\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Sharing our traumas in a supportive environment is one avenue for lessening that shame and isolation. Ideally, we can continue to lessen the impact of our past traumas on our present-day lives.\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 17px; background-color: #f4f1e1;\" href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/transformation#lifestyle_changes_can_lengthen_telomeres\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifestyle changes can lengthen telomeres.\u00a0<\/a><\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><b>Group details:<\/b><\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Peer support groups for helping in recovering from traumatic experience(s).<br \/>All are welcome, and the safety of the group takes priority.\u00a0 Formal diagnosis of PTSD is not required.\u00a0 People with &#8220;non-traditional&#8221; causes of PTSD and\/or &#8220;Complex PTSD&#8221; are also encouraged to join.\u00a0\u00a0The use of &#8220;I statements&#8221; is encouraged.<\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Please note that neither the organizers nor the other members are acting as &#8220;therapists&#8221;. This is not a substitute for therapy, and the group is intended to support one&#8217;s recovery, not serve as its sole venue.\u00a0 No one will force or push you to &#8220;dig deeper&#8221; into your story. The use of &#8220;I statements&#8221; is encouraged.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>We ask that all members abide by these guidelines\/code of conduct, linked below. Please note that these guidelines apply to meetups as well as to social media etiquette on the meetup websites:<\/p><div style=\"height: 7px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers#NYC-PTSD\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers#NYC-PTSD<\/a><\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;One must revisit the trauma but one need not relive it.&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Friends and visitors are welcome but their presence is subject to a majority of members present agreeing to it.<\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Through updating our outdated beliefs about reality we can alter the behaviors that derive from these old beliefs and achieve deep and lasting change. <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/transformation\/\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/transformation\/<\/a><\/p><div style=\"height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Our current (<b>online technology<\/b>) :: website, &#8220;Zoom hosting&#8221;, and &#8220;Meetup hosting&#8221;\u00a0costs are over $700 per year, covered personally by Larry.\u00a0 Gratitude coffee is always appreciated: \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/Cup.of.Empathy\">https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/Cup.of.Empathy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaebbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eaebbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"height: 94px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid black; padding: 3%; margin: 1px; line-height: 280%; font-weight: 600; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #fff; font-size: 95%;\"><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #fff; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers\/?#guidelines\"><span style=\"color: #400840;\"><strong>Guidelines for meetings (link)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div style=\"height: 29px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers\/?#guidelines\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/carl-rogers\/?#guidelines<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">___________<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-323822e\" data-id=\"323822e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85d91bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85d91bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e472e65\" data-id=\"e472e65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf87a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8cf87a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a name=\"POLL\" id=\"POLL\"><\/a> \r\n<a name=\"research\" id=\"research\"><\/a> \r\n<div style=\"height:74px;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c28eca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c28eca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f93a969\" data-id=\"f93a969\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87789a4\" data-id=\"87789a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1fe066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1fe066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"height: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"height: 94px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid black; padding: 3%; margin: 1px; line-height: 280%; font-weight: 600; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #fff; font-size: 95%;\"><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #fff; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><div style=\"height: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h3><span style=\"color: #471144;\">Current \u201ctrigger warning\u201d research:<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;Trigger Warning&#8221; critics argue that warnings both contribute to a culture of avoidance at odds with evidence-based treatment practices and instill fear about upcoming content. Recently, a body of psychological research has begun to investigate these claims empirically. We present the results of a meta-analysis of all empirical studies on the effects of these warnings. <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/qav9m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/osf.io\/qav9m\/<\/a><\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><p>Past research has indicated that trigger warnings are unhelpful in reducing anxiety. The results of this study are consistent with that conclusion. This study was the first to focus on how trigger warnings function in a sample of people who had survived Criterion A trauma as defined by the\u00a0<i>DSM\u20135<\/i>\u00a0(<a id=\"focusIdbibr1-2167702620921341293\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr1-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"APA, 2013\" data-reflink=\"bibr1-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.\">APA, 2013<\/a>). Trigger warnings did not reduce anxiety for this sample broadly. Trigger warnings also did not reduce anxiety among people who met a clinical cutoff for PTSD symptoms, reported a diagnosis of PTSD, or reported that the stimuli matched the content of their past trauma. Trigger warnings showed trivially small effects on response anxiety overall. When effects did emerge, they tended toward small\u00a0<i>increases<\/i>\u00a0in anxiety rather than decreases.<\/p><p><a id=\"focusIdbibr3-2167702620921341294\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr3-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bellet et al. (2018)\" data-reflink=\"bibr3-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bellet B. W., Jones P. J., McNally R. J. (2018). Trigger warning: Empirical evidence ahead. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 61, 134\u2013141. doi:10.1016\/j\/jbtep.2018.07.002\">Bellet et al. (2018)<\/a>\u00a0previously found that trigger warnings increased individuals\u2019 projections of their own vulnerability to future trauma as well as the vulnerability of others. Our results suggested substantial evidence that these effects did not replicate. Bellet et al. also reported that individuals who endorsed the belief that words are emotionally harmful showed greater anxiety in response to trigger warnings compared with individuals who did not endorse that belief. Again, we found substantial evidence that this effect did not replicate. One possibility is that these effects were unique to the trigger-warning-na\u00efve (trauma-na\u00efve), crowd-sourced, older sample used by Bellet et al. However, given that these effects originally had a small effect size and did not replicate in larger samples of college students (<a id=\"focusIdbibr4-2167702620921341295\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr4-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bellet et al., 2020\" data-reflink=\"bibr4-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bellet B. W., Jones P. J., Meyersburg C. A., Brenneman M. M., Morehead K. E., McNally R. J. (2020). Trigger warnings and resilience in college students: A preregistered replication and extension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037\/xap0000270\">Bellet et al., 2020<\/a>) or trauma survivors (present study), the original results may have been a false positive.<\/p><p>We found substantial evidence that giving trigger warnings to trauma survivors caused them to view trauma as more central to their life narrative. This effect is a reason for worry. Some trigger warnings explicitly suggest that trauma survivors are uniquely vulnerable (e.g., \u201c . . . especially in those with a history of trauma\u201d). Even when trigger warnings mention content only, the implicit message that trauma survivors are vulnerable remains (Why else provide a warning?). These messages may reinforce the notion that trauma is invariably a watershed event that causes permanent psychological change. In reality, a majority of trauma survivors are resilient, experiencing little if any lasting psychological changes as a result of their experience (<a id=\"focusIdbibr9-2167702620921341296\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr9-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bonanno, 2004\" data-reflink=\"bibr9-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bonanno G. A. (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59, 20\u201328.\">Bonanno, 2004<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr10-2167702620921341297\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr10-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bonanno &amp; Mancini, 2008\" data-reflink=\"bibr10-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bonanno G. A., Mancini A. D. (2008). The human capacity to thrive in the face of potential trauma. Pediatrics, 121, 369\u2013375.\">Bonanno &amp; Mancini, 2008<\/a>). Aggregated across various types of trauma, just 4% of potentially traumatic events result in PTSD (<a id=\"focusIdbibr31-2167702620921341298\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr31-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Liu et al., 2017\" data-reflink=\"bibr31-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Liu H., Petukhova M. V., Sampson N. A., Aguilar-Gaxiola S., Alonso J., Andrade L. H., . . . Kawakami N. (2017). Association of DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic experience type and history in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. JAMA Psychiatry, 74, 270\u2013281.\">Liu et al., 2017<\/a>).<sup><a id=\"fn2-2167702620921341\" class=\"ref fn\"><\/a>2<\/sup>\u00a0However, trauma survivors who view their traumatic experience as central to their life have elevated PTSD symptoms (<a id=\"focusIdbibr5-2167702620921341300\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr5-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Berntsen &amp; Rubin, 2006\" data-reflink=\"bibr5-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Berntsen D., Rubin D. C. (2006). The centrality of event scale: A measure of integrating a trauma into one\u2019s identity and its relation to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 219\u2013231.\">Berntsen &amp; Rubin, 2006<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr15-2167702620921341301\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr15-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Brown et., 2010\" data-reflink=\"bibr15-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Brown A. D., Antonius D., Kramer M., Root J. C., Hirst W. (2010). Trauma centrality and PTSD in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 496\u2013499.\">Brown et., 2010<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr39-2167702620921341302\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr39-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Robinaugh &amp; McNally, 2011\" data-reflink=\"bibr39-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Robinaugh D. J., McNally R. J. (2011). Trauma centrality and PTSD symptom severity in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 483\u2013486.\">Robinaugh &amp; McNally, 2011<\/a>). Trauma centrality prospectively predicts elevated PTSD symptoms, whereas the reverse is not true (<a id=\"focusIdbibr7-2167702620921341303\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr7-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Boals &amp; Ruggero, 2016\" data-reflink=\"bibr7-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Boals A., Ruggero C. (2016). Event centrality prospectively predicts PTSD symptoms. Anxiety, Stress, &amp; Coping, 29, 533\u2013541.\">Boals &amp; Ruggero, 2016<\/a>). Decreases in trauma centrality mediated therapy outcomes (<a id=\"focusIdbibr6-2167702620921341304\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" style=\"color: #006acc; text-decoration: none;\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr6-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Boals &amp; Murrell, 2016\" data-reflink=\"bibr6-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Boals A., Murrell A. R. (2016). I am &gt; trauma: Experimentally reducing event centrality and PTSD symptoms in a clinical trial. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21, 471\u2013483.\">Boals &amp; Murrell, 2016<\/a>). This suggests that increasing trauma centrality is directly countertherapeutic. In other words, trigger warnings may harm survivors by increasing trauma centrality.<\/p><p>We tested whether the severity of PTSD symptoms in our sample moderated any of our tested hypotheses. In most cases, we found either evidence for no moderation or ambiguous evidence. However, we did find substantial evidence that PTSD symptoms moderated the effect of trigger warnings on response anxiety. For individuals who had more severe PTSD, trigger warnings increased anxiety. This effect is ironic in the sense that trigger warnings may be most harmful for the individuals they were designed to protect. We found no evidence that individuals\u2019 prior exposure to trigger warnings moderated any of the previous effects.<\/p><p>A limitation of past research was that trigger warnings were primarily tested among individuals who were trauma-na\u00efve or in mixed samples. That is, the possibility remained that despite being unhelpful for most who view them, trigger warnings may have been helpful for trauma survivors or individuals with PTSD. In this study, we find no evidence supporting this possibility. Trigger warnings were not helpful for trauma survivors. For individuals who met a clinical cutoff for severity of PTSD symptoms, trigger warnings slightly\u00a0<i>increased<\/i>\u00a0anxiety. Trigger warnings were not helpful for individuals who self-reported a diagnosis of PTSD. Perhaps most convincingly, trigger warnings were not helpful even when they warned about content that closely matched survivors\u2019 traumas. That is, when considering only the passages that participants reported as reminding them of past trauma, trigger warnings were still unhelpful.<\/p><p>Although the research base on trigger warnings has grown quickly, several constraints on generality regarding trigger warnings still remain. For example, experiments thus far have tested trigger warnings before short-term stimuli, such as literature passages, film clips, and photos. Studies have tested only a limited range of negative psychological outcomes (e.g., self-report anxiety, negative affect, intrusive memory). Our study provides important information about individuals who have suffered from trauma, many of whom met the clinical threshold for PTSD symptoms. However, it does not provide information about individuals diagnosed with PTSD via clinical interview. It is unclear whether our findings (especially concerning evidence of potential harms) would apply to extended classroom discussions or other situations of greater temporal duration. In addition, whether the potentially negative effects of trigger warnings found thus far have more than short-term adverse effects remains uncertain. Nevertheless, these potential constraints on generality do not imply that trigger warnings are\u00a0<i>helpful<\/i>. Rather, they imply that potential moderators remain untested.<\/p><p>Public arguments regarding trigger warnings have been politically charged, complex, and data-poor. Recent research on trigger warnings can importantly inform or perhaps even settle some of these debates. The research suggests that trigger warnings are unhelpful for trauma survivors, college students, trauma-na\u00efve individuals, and mixed groups of participants (<a id=\"focusIdbibr3-2167702620921341305\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr3-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bellet et al., 2018\" data-reflink=\"bibr3-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bellet B. W., Jones P. J., McNally R. J. (2018). Trigger warning: Empirical evidence ahead. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 61, 134\u2013141. doi:10.1016\/j\/jbtep.2018.07.002\">Bellet et al., 2018<\/a>,\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr4-2167702620921341306\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr4-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"2020\" data-reflink=\"bibr4-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bellet B. W., Jones P. J., Meyersburg C. A., Brenneman M. M., Morehead K. E., McNally R. J. (2020). Trigger warnings and resilience in college students: A preregistered replication and extension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037\/xap0000270\">2020<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr14-2167702620921341307\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr14-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Bridgland et al., 2019\" data-reflink=\"bibr14-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Bridgland V. M., Green D. M., Oulton J. M., Takarangi M. K. (2019). Expecting the worst: Investigating the effects of trigger warnings on reactions to ambiguously themed photos. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25, 602\u2013617. doi:10.1037\/xap0000215\">Bridgland et al., 2019<\/a>;\u00a0<a id=\"focusIdbibr40-2167702620921341308\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr40-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Sanson et al., 2019\" data-reflink=\"bibr40-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Sanson M., Strange D., Garry M. (2019). Trigger warnings are trivially helpful at reducing negative affect, intrusive thoughts, and avoidance. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 778\u2013793.\">Sanson et al., 2019<\/a>). Given this consistent conclusion, we find no evidence-based reason for educators, administrators, or clinicians to use trigger warnings.<\/p><p>Whether trigger warnings are explicitly harmful is less clear. We found evidence that trigger warnings increase the narrative centrality of trauma among survivors, which is countertherapeutic (<a id=\"focusIdbibr6-2167702620921341309\" class=\"ref showRefEvent2\" style=\"color: #006acc; text-decoration: none;\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341#\" data-rid=\"bibr6-2167702620921341\" data-ref-text=\"Boals &amp; Murrell, 2016\" data-reflink=\"bibr6-2167702620921341\" data-referenceslink=\" Boals A., Murrell A. R. (2016). I am &gt; trauma: Experimentally reducing event centrality and PTSD symptoms in a clinical trial. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21, 471\u2013483.\">Boals &amp; Murrell, 2016<\/a>). We also found that trigger warnings increase anxiety for those with more severe symptoms of PTSD. Although these effects were preregistered and found in a large sample, the sizes of the effects were small and have not yet been rigorously tested across multiple studies. However, such knowledge is unnecessary to adjudicate whether to use trigger warnings\u2014if there is no good reason to deploy them in the first place, we need not require strong evidence of harm before abandoning them. Trigger warnings should serve as an important caution to both clinical and nonclinical professionals who use interventions aimed to improve well-being among trauma survivors. Such practices should be thoroughly vetted via appropriate scientific techniques before they are adopted. Using unvetted interventions is irresponsible to victims of trauma.<\/p><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research<\/a><\/h5><h5>\u00a0REF:<\/h5><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/2167702620921341<\/a><\/h5><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><p>The clinical notion of triggering dates back far as 1918, when psychologists tried to\u00a0 make sense of &#8220;war neurosis&#8221; in World War I, and later World War II, veterans. The term &#8220;post-traumatic stress disorder&#8221; came into use after the Vietnam War, but was not recognized as a diagnosable affliction until 1980. Then, psychologists started to work with clients to identify possible PTSD &#8220;triggers,&#8221; or a sensory input that somehow resembles the original trauma. But anticipating them is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-research-fact-sheet\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notoriously difficult<\/a>. They assume disparate and unpredictable forms. An essay, or film, or other piece of media might trigger a person, as could a sound or a smell, a physical space, a specific object, or a person.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wNHxgf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wNHxgf<\/a><\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><div style=\"height: 31px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;Triggers&#8221; prime the body for a physiological response of fight\/flight or freeze, a response similar to the circumstances of the original distressing event. Some flashbacks are visual, as well as auditory and physical, so the person will see, hear, and feel the past abuse experience as if it was happening in the present. Sometimes the memories last a few seconds, sometimes minutes, and for one of my clients who had severe PTSD, flashbacks lasted more than an hour.<\/p><div style=\"height: 31px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Trauma can have a long-term debilitating impact on our functioning. However, it is impossible to live a full and engaged life while simultaneously avoiding experiences that may potentially trigger flashbacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/breaking-the-silence\/201910\/post-traumatic-stress-disorder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/breaking-the-silence\/201910\/post-traumatic-stress-disorder<\/a><\/p><div style=\"height: 31px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrew-kae.com\/survivorresources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.andrew-kae.com\/survivorresources<\/a><\/p><div style=\"height: 71px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wpGd5DZ_K5w?start=350\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><div style=\"height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"line-height: 190%; font-size: 80%; text-align: center;\">The Battle Over Free Speech: Are Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces &amp; No-Platforming Harming Young Minds?<\/div><div style=\"height: 71px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h2>Psychology<\/h2><p>Trigger warnings are ineffective for trauma survivors &amp; those who meet the clinical cutoff for PTSD, and increase the degree to which survivors view their trauma as central to their identity (preregistered, n = 451)<\/p><p>REF:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/r.nf\/r\/science\/comments\/gyzrbt\/trigger_warnings_are_ineffective_for_trauma\/ftel4xp\/?context=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/r.nf\/r\/science\/comments\/gyzrbt\/trigger_warnings_are_ineffective_for_trauma\/ftel4xp\/?context=3<\/a><\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><p>RE: &#8220;Content warning&#8221; vs &#8220;trigger warning&#8221; &#8230;\u00a0 We probably understand the reason for using the softer term &#8220;content warning&#8221;, and current scientific research \/ literature, will always more accurately use the term &#8220;Trigger Warning&#8221;.<\/p><p>re: (&#8220;content&#8221;) &#8230; i think we might agree that at any present moment, any sensory input (content), can become a source of stimulation that becomes an opportunity to experience the present moment as awareness (observation), or as an interpretation (judgment) of that sensory input (content) as neutral, pleasant, or a potential threat to an individual&#8217;s physical or psychological egoic survival, potentially triggering an amygdala hijack, survival reflex mechanism,\u00a0 which is a &#8220;trigger like&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/what-is-the-all-or-none-law-2794808#:~:text=The%20all%2Dor%2Dnone%20law,or%20muscle%20fiber%20will%20fire.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(&#8220;all or none law&#8221;) neurological reflex<\/a>, resulting from a fear-based interpretation of the (content).<\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 3px; border: none;\" \/><p>&#8220;Learning to \u2018drop an anchor\u2019 in the midst of an \u2018emotional storm\u2019 can help to hold us steady in the present moment whilst the storm buffets around. An anchor is anything that is a part of the present moment other than the storm itself. A simple grounding exercise can be: Notice 5 things you can see, 4 things that you can hear, 3 things that you can feel, 2 things that you can smell or taste, and end with noticing what you\u2019re doing right now, in the present moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/54937\/coping-with-climate-grief-advice-from-an-environmental-psychologist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/54937\/coping-with-climate-grief-advice-from-an-environmental-psychologist\/<\/a><\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 3px; border: none;\" \/><p>\u201cIt\u2019s not psychological safety if people can only voice what you want to hear. The goal is not to be comfortable. It\u2019s to create a climate where people can speak up without fear. Psychological safety begins with admitting our own mistakes and welcoming criticism from others.\u201d ~Adam Grant, psychologist, #1 NYT bestselling author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adammgrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adammgrant\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QwrkOWUt5Mg?t=4064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a future you really want&#8230; starting at 1:07 <\/a><\/p><p>Please Listen Carefully from minute 27 to minute 42 &#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QnsUif-CzOg?t=1799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/QnsUif-CzOg?t=1799<\/a><\/p><p>Listening for the needs, behind a thousand no&#8217;s&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hovCrw-fD-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hovCrw-fD-g<\/a><\/p><p>Education, education, education, before it\u2019s too late. <a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/education-before-its-too-late\/\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/education-before-its-too-late\/<\/a><\/p><p>Getting well, well, well, educated \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fyvi8AmxQZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fyvi8AmxQZk<\/a><\/p><p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o28MAoe13Nk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>The term &#8220;Trigger Warning&#8221; became well known in the late 1990s on feminist Internet message boards, where it referred to site-sponsored cautions to readers regarding graphic depictions of rape.<\/h3><h2>A short history of Trigger Warnings&#8221;:<\/h2><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/psychlopaedia.org\/society\/republished\/whats-the-difference-between-traumatic-fear-and-moral-anger-trigger-warnings-wont-tell-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/psychlopaedia.org\/society\/republished\/whats-the-difference-between-traumatic-fear-and-moral-anger-trigger-warnings-wont-tell-you\/<\/a><\/h5><div style=\"height: 17px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100%;\"><div style=\"height: 17px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>..::&#8221; In self-empathy, you love and accept yourself, but not because of your strengths. You feel compassion for yourself in your weaknesses. You admit where you&#8217;ve been wounded and how you&#8217;ve hurt others. You embrace the hard truth that you have failed and lost. By facing the pain of your character defects and mistakes, you honor yourself.<\/p><p>~Kristin Neff, Ph.D<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pointloma.edu\/resources\/counseling-psychology\/how-empathy-can-change-your-life-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pointloma.edu\/resources\/counseling-psychology\/how-empathy-can-change-your-life-career<\/a><\/p><p>Kristin Neff Interviewed by Edwin Rutsch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5hchn9KMRNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5hchn9KMRNM<\/a><\/p><p>Contrast: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligencesquaredus.org\/debate\/cancel-culture-toxic\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancel Culture<\/a>&#8220;:: The emergence of a new &#8220;cancel culture&#8221; where digital mobs police our speech, invade our rights, and even put our physical safety at risk. They argue that cancel culture has created a society ruled by online censorship and eroded our public discourse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligencesquaredus.org\/debate\/cancel-culture-toxic\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancel Culture Is Toxic<\/a>.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 13.6px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Contrast: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=define+definition+of+micromanagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">micromanagement<\/a>&#8221; : &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=define+definition+of+micromanagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micromanagement<\/a> is generally considered to have a negative connotation, mainly because it shows a lack of freedom and trust.\u00a0 \u00a0Micro-management refers to anyone in a leadership position who uses manipulation, intrusive observation, or exhaustive amounts of communication to control others.\u00a0 \u00a0A micromanager is a person who probably has a poor self-image, so he or she doesn&#8217;t believe they deserve to be where they are, and so thinks the same about the people they supervise,\u201d &#8230; \u201cSo the constant checking and looking over employees&#8217; shoulders are really checks on their own ability to do the job.&#8221;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/adammgrant_its-not-psychological-safety-if-people-can-activity-6766726542602100736-LnMN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cIt is not psychological safety if people can only voice what you want to hear. ~Adam Grant<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research<\/a><\/p><\/div><div style=\"height: 54px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 8px; background: none #ff9; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 32px; font-family: p22-underground, sans-serif;\">Trigger Warnings Fail to Help and May Even Harm<\/h3><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>New research suggests that trigger warnings have little or no benefit in cushioning the blow of potentially disturbing content and, in some cases, may make things worse.<\/p><div style=\"height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Researchers discovered that trigger warnings seem to increase the extent to which people see trauma as central to their identity, which can worsen the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the long run.<\/p><div style=\"height: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/news\/releases\/trigger-warnings-fail-to-help.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.psychologicalscience.org\/news\/releases\/trigger-warnings-fail-to-help.html<\/a><\/h5><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;Federal law does not specifically address &#8220;Trigger Warnings&#8221;.\u00a0 Warnings are often reserved for common triggers such as images of violence.\u00a0 Opponents of trigger warnings claim trigger warnings promote censorship.<\/p><p>Trigger warnings are useful in some cases. But avoiding one\u2019s triggers will not treat the underlying mental health concerns. If triggers interfere with someone\u2019s daily life, the person may wish to see a therapist.<\/p><p>In therapy, people can process emotions concerning their pasts. Some may learn relaxation techniques to cope with panic attacks. Others may learn how to avoid unhealthy behaviors. With time and work, a person can face their triggers with much less distress.<\/p><p>Perhaps what is called for is a more <strong>neutral and humble stance. <\/strong>We could accept uncertainty about the psyches of individuals, disclaim the <strong>conceit of exerting control<\/strong> over triggers, and avoid confident assumptions about anyone\u2019s trauma.\u00a0 That might help to move in a direction that attempts first to<strong> do no harm<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The results of around a dozen psychological studies, published between 2018 and 2021, are remarkably consistent, and they differ from conventional wisdom: they find that trigger warnings do not seem to lessen negative reactions to disturbing material in students, trauma survivors, or those diagnosed with P.T.S.D. Indeed, some studies suggest that the opposite may be true.<\/p><p>In other respects, trigger warnings seem to have less impact than their critics have feared. Some opponents of trigger warnings seem to suppose that they are a way for students to demand that they not encounter ideas that challenge their beliefs, particularly on social-justice issues. That opposition is part of broader worries about teachers \u201ccoddling\u201d students, cultivating their fragility, or shielding them from discussions that might expand their minds.<\/p><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/what-if-trigger-warnings-dont-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/what-if-trigger-warnings-dont-work<\/a><\/h5><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 2px; border: none;\" \/><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;We found substantial evidence that giving trigger warnings to trauma survivors caused them to view trauma as more central to their life narrative. This effect is a reason for worry. Some trigger warnings explicitly suggest that trauma survivors are uniquely vulnerable\u00a0 (e.g., \u201cespecially in those with a history of trauma\u201d).\u00a0 \u00a0Even when trigger warnings mention content only, the implicit message that trauma survivors are vulnerable remains (Why else provide a warning?)<\/p><div style=\"height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 80%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/2167702620921341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/2167702620921341<\/a><\/div><div style=\"height: 21px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 80%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#research<\/a><\/div><div style=\"height: 54px;\">\u00a0<\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0NYC &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; Poll and Feedback.<\/h2><div style=\"height: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #ff0fff; color: #fff; font-size: 100%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><p>Please read options\u00a0 A-F, then click: POLL and Feedback (below)<\/p><\/div><div style=\"height: 54px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><h2>\u00a0Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (A)<\/h2><\/div><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><p>&#8220;To keep the group safe, we ask folk to include &#8220;content warnings&#8221; before and during shares and responses.<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;So, if you plan to talk about a topic that could be a likely trigger to someone else, such as physical abuse or assault with a deadly weapon, you&#8217;d say, \u201cContent warning, I&#8217;m going to talk about physical assault,&#8221; and leave a pause for folk to mute their audio or turn off their camera. We suggest singing the first line of a nursery rhyme such as \u201crow, row, row your boat\u201d.<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>We also ask folk not to go in too much detail, for example about what kind of weapon was used.&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;Depending on who is in attendance, &#8220;we&#8221; may also remind people that some topics which are not totally obvious may be triggers to people&#8211;such as discussing food.<\/p><div style=\"height: 74px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><h2>Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (B)<\/h2><\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>&#8220;We ask participants in the empathy circle to include content warnings before and during shares and responses.<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>&#8220;So, if you plan to talk about a topic that could be a likely trigger to someone else, you&#8217;d say, \u201cContent warning, I&#8217;m going to talk about\u00a0 ______________\u00a0 and leave a pause for folk to mute their audio or turn off their camera.<\/p><div style=\"height: 34px;\">\u00a0<\/div><p>We also ask folk not to go into too much detail with possible trigger content.&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"height: 74px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; color: #000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><h2>\u00a0Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (C)<\/h2><\/div><p>&#8220;Anyone honestly sharing their feelings about traumatic experiences, may be perceived as triggering&#8221; to anyone listening to them. Please responsibly announce any &#8220;content warnings&#8221;, then pause 5 seconds&#8230; and refrain from any overly graphic details.<\/p><p>Speak for yourself, and intend no harm to self or others.<\/p><div style=\"margin-right: 27.1875px; margin-left: 27.1875px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20.4px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; text-align: center;\"><h2>\u00a0Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (D)<\/h2><\/div><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600;\">\u00a0&#8221; If you feel your topic may be a trigger for someone else, please voice a content warning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div style=\"margin-right: 27.1875px; margin-left: 27.1875px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20.4px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; text-align: center;\"><h2>\u00a0Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (E)<\/h2><\/div><p>&#8221; We ask participants in the Empathy Circle to include Content Warnings before and during shares and to refrain from overly graphic details.&#8221;<\/p><div style=\"margin-right: 27.1875px; margin-left: 27.1875px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20.4px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; background-color: #00e3d5; text-align: center;\"><h2>\u00a0Suggested &#8220;Content Warning&#8221; (F)<\/h2><\/div><p>&#8221; There may be mentions of abuse. If you feel triggered at any point, please take a self-care break and return to the session as it may have moved on from the topic, or attend a different session. Kindly note that each participant is responsible for their own triggers. Please refrain from overly graphic details.&#8221;<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#POLL\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now#POLL<\/a><\/h5><div style=\"margin-right: 27.1875px; margin-left: 27.1875px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; text-align: center;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal;\">________________________________<\/span><\/p><div style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100%; text-align: center; margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%;\"><p>Please select feedback \/ poll link below<\/p><\/div><div style=\"height: 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