So. I recently volunteered to do a talk without thinking particularly hard about the topic. Then, I saw the topic and I kinda panicked. “Well, shirt.” as they say on The Good Place. (that is not the actual word I used) "During Lent, please talk about something -- a habit, an action, a thought --... Continue Reading →
A Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide
There are plenty of articles surfacing now and again on how to recognize if you, your significant other, or someone else in your life is an introvert or highly sensitive person, and how to handle them or live with them. What I don’t see frequently addressed is what to do if you are that highly... Continue Reading →
All About Empathy
To have empathy means to identify with or vicariously experience the thoughts, feelings and attitudes of another. It's sometimes confused with sympathy, which is more of a feeling of compassion, particularly towards someone in sorrow or trouble. In a sense you need some degree of empathy in order to feel the compassion or sympathy. Recognizing... Continue Reading →