Tag Archives: Empathy

Out of the spin cycle

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Helen White

I was doing some dusting the other day, reaching up high to the top of a book shelf when I noticed a long-legged spider hanging on a fine thread of web in the corner of the ceiling, spinning and spinning … Continue reading →

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How we encourage empathy…and not just in women

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Helen White

In a world full of people that are, we are told, less empathic than ever, how do we encourage more empathy? Do women naturally have more empathy than men, as one study suggests, or do they develop this by reading more fiction, something which men are far less inclined to do? If so, how do we plug this gap in our boy’s emotional intelligence? An article (linked) that I read this week set me off on this line of thought and these are some additional thoughts I have to contribute… Continue reading →

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Fate worse than death

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Helen White

Its not death but LIFE that we dread, because life can be the very devil due to our sentience…which is our universal ability to FEEL and to KNOW things through all of the senses, a collective ability that can be referred to as our emotional mind or even heart mind…which is far superior to the mind we equate with our rational thoughts. It’s why we live in so much fear of the death process, whether we own up to these fears or not…since we feel our way all the way to its door…and yet our entire culture is built upon practices that inflict our very worse fears on others. We all seem to know this about ourselves and yet we don’t act upon most of the time. This simple inconsistency between what we know and how we behave underlies so much that is going wrong that if we could but own up to our universal sentience, shared by all creatures that draw breath, and then fix it…well, who know. Continue reading →

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Unpeeled

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Helen White

I’ve never had a good feeling around limitation in any of its guises; be it the kind that directly undermines the most fundamental of life’s joys or the more subtle variety that takes the form of routine, timetables or commitment. … Continue reading →

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Switch Off the Overwhelm – And Feel the Power

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Helen White

Its been a tough old week for those of us who care deeply about animals and their welfare as horse-related ‘goings on’ in a UK abattoir have been added to all the other animal-related horror stories of late.  That’s not directly … Continue reading →

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