By Karen Young
Children are hard-wired for empathy, but it needs to be gently brought to life. Adults are in a prime position to nurture and develop empathy and emotional wisdom in their children.
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CLEAR ALL
This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.
Stop Being Manipulated NOW! (For Empaths + Nice People) Terri Cole RLR 2018 https://terricole.com/stop-manipulated-now-empaths-nice-people/
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While it might seem like you’re being kind and helpful to others (and you might be!), I want to shed light on how the unconscious mechanism of auto-accommodating could be compromising your precious mental and emotional space and what you can do about it.
In 1991 Dr. Elaine Aron identified the trait of high sensitivity. The trait occurs in 1 in 5 people and in over 100 other species. The foundation of the trait is DOES: HSPs are deep thinkers, they get easily overstimulated, have more empathy and notice subtleties more than others do.
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Empathy is a skill and a talent that you can develop at any stage of your life. If your empathy is too intense, you can learn to calm it down—and if your empathy is very muted, you can learn to increase it in healthy and sustainable ways.
With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of “high sensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it.
Empaths have so much to offer as healers, creatives, friends, lovers, and innovators at work. Yet highly sensitive and empathic people often give too much at the expense of their own well-being―and end up absorbing the stress of others.