The Role of Empathy in the Face of Educational Trauma Ft. Dr. Lee-Anne Gray Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to hear an expert explain how mindfulness and self-compassion can shield students and teachers from educational trauma. Dr. Lee-Anne Gray is a psychologist, educator, international speaker, and author of three books: Educational Trauma: Examples From Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline; LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; and Self-Compassion for Teens: 129 Activities & Practices to Cultivate Kindness. In this episode, she explains why self-empathy is fundamental to flourish in today’s education system, and makes the case for alternate forms of pedagogy to achieve trauma-free schools and classrooms. 00:00 Preview 00:36 Introduction 01:04 About Dr. Lee-Anne Gray 05:23 Trauma in classrooms 08:55 Exploring power in the education system 11:00 Finding solutions to educational trauma through democratic education 12:50 Links between self-empathy and design thinking 18:45 Differences between self-compassion, self-empathy, and attunement 21:26 How parental self-compassion impacts children 23:43 Dr. Gray’s call to action 25:55 What is identity leadership? 31:17 How did COVID-19 change the self-empathy landscape? 32:33 Loving-kindness practices 37:50 Self-care advice for teachers 39:08 Challenging harmful social conventions 42:00 Why is empathic education needed or compassionate nations? 45:38 Dr. Gray’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website ⁠https://www.anitanowak.com/⁠ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram ⁠https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram⁠ ✩ Facebook Page ⁠https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...⁠ ✩ Facebook Group ⁠https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...⁠ ✩ Podcast Audio ⁠https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...⁠ Video edited by David Tsvariani