Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland
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Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland
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Empathy is not sympathy, it’s totally different. Empathy is the capacity to get into somebody else’s shoes and understand where they’re coming from. You can have cognitive empathy, and that’s where you understand what someone else is feeling, and that’s great, but affective empathy is where you actually feel what the person really feels.
We now know empathy and social connectedness promote greater life satisfaction and self-confidence among adolescents, as well as greater resilience to mental health problems. It is also a deterrent to engagement in anti-social acts and as an enabler to humanity. We also know from neuroscience that empathy is not a "fixed given" at birth nor is it "static", but can actually be grown or activated in the brain particularly during adolescence – so you can learn to empathise during the teen years and at any stage of your life course. Self-Determination Theory, Empathy, And a Global Audience: Understanding the Personal Motivations of Youth as Researchers to Apply to the Program. Ar an gcaoi chéanna, is uirlis í an éisteacht ghníomhach a ceadaíonn sé tuairim réamhcheaptha faoi dhaoine eile a athrú agus dul níos faide ná clichés agus claontachtaí trí glacadh leis an gcaoi a smaoiníonn agus a mhothaíonn daoine eile. Go hachomairHis steely glare captivated viewers as gang boss Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders. It’s a murky world where Cillian Murphy’s on-screen character succeeds by using violence as well as cunning to get by — not to mention the razor blades sewn into his flatcap. But when I meet him at a neighbourhood cafe in Monkstown, Co Dublin on a bright autumnal afternoon it’s all warm smiles and handshakes. He knows the owner, who leads us to a quiet mezzanine upstairs for our interview. This book changed something in me, made me want to see more empathy around us. Although, at the end of the book, some essays descend into pacifism and its link to empathy - that I disagree with. I enjoyed reading this book. As a manager and a coach I have delivered messages to young talented athletes which has, at the very least, disrupted their dreams – that they may have progressed as far as they can go in their chosen sport at this time; a question mark for some, a full stop for others. I have often been as devastated in delivering that verdict and they have been in receiving it... But empathy gives you the confidence to communicate the truth to them that disappointment in one area of life need not diminish the self; that personhood is resilient and strong if nurtured well and supported consistently.” Rory O’Neill, AKA Panti Bliss Being in a rehearsal room and reading, talking about these characters; and talking about why they may behave like that. And never judging, because if you judge a character you’re f**ked. The whole thing collapses.” All royalties from the sale of this book will go directly to delivering the Activating Social Empathy education programme in Irish schools and youth work organisations.
Review of Research and Practice for Youth Engagement in Agricultural Education and Training SystemsChomh maith le cuidiú linn feabhas a chur go pearsanta agus go sóisialta, is scil shóisialta íéisteacht ionbhá freisin i bhfabhar ceistiúár gcuid smaointe agus creideamh féin agus cabhraíonn sé linn machnamh a dhéanamh ar ár mbealach chun an domhan a fheiceáil. Other evidence suggests that lower social empathy appears to be associated with higher levels of interpersonal and psychological difficulties. The good news is that empathy and compassion is a practice (we don’t have to be perfect) that can be learned at any stage in life and a common denominator for humanity, and it is there for us all. It is really all about not just walking in the others shoes and trying ‘to feel what they feel’ but seeking to understand and connect. So we would argue that for the good and future of Irish society a social empathy revolution is needed and can start with the education of, with, by, and for youth. Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable. 'We need empathy in schools just as we need empathy in the world right now' - Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. So I became very interested in what makes a young person go from cognitive to affective. What makes a young person go from passive empathy to affective is actually doing things. There is an empathy education programme in primary schools, called Roots of Empathy, which is great, but it’s not in secondary schools.
We are conscious that this Christmas will be particularly hard for many: those who of us lost loved ones during Covid, our new Ukrainian community celebrating their first Christmas away from their homeland, the staggering number of children and families now homeless and many other groups in dire need.I think sometimes Irish people are a little afraid of emotion. And I think I was probably saved from that by acting. Because it’s all about connecting with emotions.”
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