“Compassion is the simplest solution to the world’s most complex problems,” says host Leslie Randolph on today’s episode of Why Didn’t They Tell Us. October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness, bullying prevention and marks one year since the tragic events of October 7 in Israel, and today Leslie focuses on healing ourselves and by extension, healing the world as a whole. This starts with feeling our feelings fully, while remaining in control of them, so that we can focus on loving, laughing, going and growing.
Leslie cites the work of psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel who coined the phrase “name it to tame it” as a way to manage emotions, and she explains how she would further expand on that concept with a phrase of her own. She also explains how compassion, kindness, courage and self-confidence work together to help us confront bullying—by allowing us to stand on our own when we need to, stand up for others or just be more considerate in our everyday lives.
Join today’s discussion to learn more about the power of each person acting individually to create change collectively.
Quotes
- “Please do not ‘should’ yourself out of those emotions. They are your privilege as a human with breath in your body. I know they don’t feel good—I know—and that’s OK. Allow yourself to feel them and take care of yourself through them.” (6:27 | Leslie Randolph)
- “You can give your emotions the attention they want but you cannot give them all of you.” (7:16 | Leslie Randolph)
- “Compassion is critical when we think about creating the collective change our world so desperately needs.” (10:49 | Leslie Randolph)
- “Compassion is the simplest solution to the world’s most complex suffering.” (13:32 | Leslie Randolph)
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