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1) Just Grace
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Just Grace volume 1
Language
English
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Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.
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English
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Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood -- and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in the future. In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies" and living a virtual life online that we're forgetting how to care for the...
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2017.
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English
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"A mesmerizing debut set in Syria on the cusp of the unrest, A Word for Love is the spare and exquisitely told story of a young American woman transformed by language, risk, war, and a startling new understanding of love. It is said there are ninety-nine Arabic words for love. Bea, an American exchange student, has learned them all: in search of deep feeling, she travels to a Middle Eastern country known to hold the "The Astonishing Text," an ancient,...
10) Shy Willow
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English
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Willow, a very shy rabbit, lives in an abandoned mailbox, but when a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox, she knows she will have to brave the outside world to deliver the letter.
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English
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"In empathy works, work futurist, international keynote speaker, instructor, workforce consultant, and host of the popular Transforming Work podcast Sophie Wade reveals why empathy is an essential corporate value, mindset, and skill for understanding and engaging customers and employees to achieve sustainable growth. As we adapt for increased digitalization and flexible work environments, Wade explains how to integrate empathy throughout an organization:...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
There's the right way and then there's everything else. The road to sustainable long-term success is not one of domination and defeat; it's a path walked by a quiet warrior whose weapons are kindness and compassion. The recent global pandemic has changed our world forever. As the pieces are slowly put back together, the call for empathy and communicative awareness has neer been more readily sought after, especially in business. Gunn demonstrates how...
15) The genius of empathy: practical skills to heal your sensitive self, your relationships & the world
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Ignite empathy as a superpower for transformative personal healing, deeper relationships, and more potent work in the world."--
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English
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"For most of the approximately 200,000 years that our species has existed, we shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. They were smart, they were strong, and they were inventive. Neanderthals even had the capacity for spoken language. But, one by one, our hominid relatives went extinct. Why did we thrive? In delightfully conversational prose and based on years of his own original research, Brian Hare, professor in the department...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Empathy has become a gaping fault line in American culture. Pioneering programs aim to infuse our legal and educational systems with more empathic thinking, even as pundits argue over whether we should bother empathizing with our political opposites at all. Meanwhile, we are inundated with the buzzily termed "empathic...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"The creator of the viral hit "Empathy Cards" teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain. When someone you know is hurting, you want to let her know that you care. But many people don't know what words to use--or are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. This thoughtful,...
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