Ok, so assuming for a moment that you agree that we need to connect with others, exercise empathy and avoid hurt feelings, how do we DO that? It’s one thing to intellectually know that this is important, but we also have to learn to stay grounded at the moment that a strong emotion strikes. One …
We all live in a busy world. We have to pick up the kids from school, get a report done for the boss, check in on our committee work, go to church, buy groceries, and maybe even do our own homework. All this in addition to making dinner, doing laundry, having ‘date night’ and trying …
By Guest Blogger Thelma T. Reyna, Ph.D. In my blog, “Ways to Help Us Avoid Feeling Hurt by Others: Part I,” I focused on controlling our emotional reactions toward others’ hurtful behavior. Here, my focus is on understanding the feelings and motivations of offensive people. Using empathy in this way, especially if used along with …
By Guest Blogger Thelma T. Reyna, Ph.D. Life is filled with pitfalls that trap us when we rely on pure emotion rather than cool analysis to make sense of things. Consider, for example, how many ways our feelings can get hurt in the course of a typical day: directly, such as by someone’s words or …
A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published. For more information visit: www.marcelalandres.com. Sweet Mary by Liz Balmaseda (Atria) Single mom Mary Guevara takes no prisoners when a cocaine queen steals her identity in this engrossing thriller. Ask a …
“It’s not all about You!” While this phrase is often hurled with venom, intending to hurt someone, actually the truth in this statement can also be immensely healing. Over the course of my life, I have had many events that were personally “hurtful” to me, that when I was able to view them later through …
By Guest Blogger Alejandra Palos A Sacred Journey In the words of one of our Powerful Latinas audience, who has been through abusive relationships in her own life, her own struggles, and come out on the other side with words of wisdom to share: Art has always been in my life; I was born and …
By Guest Blogger Sandra del Castillo “Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.” And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Mark 1:2-4 In the early 90’s my children and I lived in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. One June 24th we …
By Guest Blogger Thelma T. Reyna, Ph.D. For better or worse, our experiences created us, inside and out, and continue to influence who we are. For writers, personal experiences oftentimes end up on the pages of our books, poems, stories, screenplays, and essays. Even when our creations are “fictionalized,” the heart of our tales springs …
I look forward to speaking with many of you on Monday! I have had some interesting questions submitted for our discussion, and wanted to encourage you to think about what your questions are about what your own experiences are “supposed” to, or actually do, bring you. Some of you shared your own struggles with me, …