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Karla McLaren, MEd, is an American author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. Her lifelong work focuses on her theory of emotions, which revalues even the most “negative” emotions and opens new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. She is the founding CEO of Emotion Dynamics LLC and the developer of the Empathy Academy online learning site.

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Understand Your Emotions to Grow and Heal

In McLaren’s view, we typically perceive emotions as problems, which we then thoughtlessly express or repress. She advocates a more mindful approach, where we step back and see our emotions as sources of information.

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Repressing or Expressing Emotions? There’s Another Choice!

I don’t know what happened to emotions in this society. They are the least understood, most maligned, and most ridiculously over-analyzed aspects of human life.

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How to Support Antiracism in Yourself & in the World

We live in a very segregated society, not just by race, but also by social class. Our media is segregated, our Google searches are segregated, our social media is segregated, and even the shows we watch tend to be segregated...

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Six Essential Aspects of Empathy – a Conversation with Karla McLaren

Studying emotions and empathy wasn’t a choice for me. I was abused as a child. I was traumatized, and for a lot of kids who are traumatized, they turn up their ability to read people. - Karla McLaren

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