Educator Empathy Gifts

"It's his first day of school!"

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

Prejudice/Empathy

Protect Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

'I get the feeling you're wagging your tale on the outside and crying on the inside.'

Can't even hold signs well.

"Now that I've swung back to depression, I'm truly sorry for what I did when I was manic."

"I feel your pain level."

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

The Female Brain and The Other One

"We're not laughing at you, sweetie. We're laughing at something you don't understand."

Tangled Earphones Support Group.

Spoiler alert: most of my presentation is actually a series of trigger warnings.

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

"I know. I miss him, too."

'Adam seems depressed - He needs camaraderie or something.'

Refugee Crisis

"I'm not asking for a raise. All I'm asking for is a little warmth and human understanding."

'Do you want to reschedule? Normally he has a magnetic personality, but today he seems to have reversed polarity.'

"Matt, you look like you just saw a ghost who fired you!"

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

"There's my very first school - where I learned how to hug."

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

Please Give

"Cops don't get me. Sure, they got me – but they'll ever get me."

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

"If you think this is bad, you should see what they do to themselves"

"We'll soon have you sorted out, Mr. Fenton."

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

"Whose turn is it to be happy?"

"Your free-floating anxiety is floating over to me."

"Pardon, I should have been more specific...is everything all right with THE MEAL?"