When tensions escalate among people who love each other, avoiding difficult conversations can feel like the only option to escape painful and possibly permanent inter-family rifts. What if there was another way?
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Here are some principles to set boundaries and find meaningful connection with people during this pandemic holiday season.
Conflict is inevitable; we have to get better skilled at handling it. How are we supposed to solve the big problems we face if we run away or can’t disagree without resorting to tantrums and tirades?
Using recognition and understanding to frame where others are coming from allows us to take a step back from the intensity of our own experiences, and allows us to appreciate the experiences of others.
Dignity is the foundation of social and emotional skills and essential for all of us to thrive and succeed. However, we are rarely taught the power of dignity or the skills to put dignity into practice.
Using dignity as a framework to navigate conflict and analyze behavior requires a radical shift in thinking. Here’s how we start.
Creating space for young people to share opinions and disagree with each other is the foundation for educating future generations of engaged citizens who are capable of civil discourse. Unfortunately,...
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Lots of schools experiment with curricula to teach kids social and emotional skills. But what tends to happen is, teachers are thrown in front of a group of middle schoolers and it’s assumed they know what to do. “Owning Up” is distinctive in that it starts with training teachers, helping them learn to identify and manage their own emotions.
Dignity gives us a new path forward to build the relationships we must have. Our schools depend on it. Our communities depend on it.
Founder of Cognitive, Andrew Park, shares the process and challenges of animating dignity – bringing large and to grasp the concept to life.
There’s a small act we can all do to make us act and feel better: knowing the difference between talking behind someone’s back and venting. And then holding ourselves accountable to make sure our actions reflect our values.
Fights are complicated, especially when the guy hates your face. And any fight can become entertainment for the bystanders and everyonehen shared online.
The art of the discipline is to hold people accountable for their actions, while understanding the context of their reactions.
Dignity gives us a framework to think about ourselves and others, motivation to reflect, and a constant reminder that other people matter, an idea that should be the baseline we bring to all of our interactions.
No one has ever woken up excited to apologize to someone. Apologies require mindful self-reflection and to acknowledge another person’s experience.
