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Being Aloud
Hello! My name is Bee Bishay-- an Egyptian writer who is desperately trying to carve out room for more authentic, off-scripted conversations. Despite a society that places a subtle (though very heavy) expectation on all of us to follow the same path, life has shown me--the very hard way--that things don't always go as planned. In fact, I've learned that though we may spend days and nights clearly mapping out the details of our futures, our lives *rarely ever* unfold as expected. And as harsh of a smack on our human pride as it is, the fact is that we don't really have very much control at all.So why do we insist on shaming ourselves when life doesn't go as we'd expected? Why is it so hard for us to embrace the stickiness of our frail humanity? These are the questions I attempt to explore throughout the Being Aloud podcast--a place where we're not afraid to be our messy, imperfect, un-linear human selves, out loud!
Being Aloud
I See You: Empathy Pt.2
In today's episode, we expand upon the topic of empathy that we began last week. What a giant and bottomless subject! Here's what I know for sure: our communities could use SO much more empathy. I can only imagine how much safer and kinder our lives would be.
The main issues we discussed were:
- We broke down the black-or-white society we grew up in. Black and white doesn't leave any room for our messy human reality.
- Black-or white invites this subconscious tendency within us to perform. Needing our lives to be the perfect performance before an audience leaves out of touch with both our humanity and that of those around us.
- “Empathy is one of the primary ways to reduce perfectionism. But that only works if we learn to receive”-- Paul Parkin
- Empathy is a two-way street. It is only when we learn to both give AND receive that empathy is most transformative.
TED Talk I referred to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4aHb_GTRVo
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