Compassion Fatigue’s Harmful Path
In our previous posts, If We Want To vs. If We Can and Self-Stigma: Internalizing Trauma, we considered the many, multilayered connections between trauma and compassion. Now, we’ll discuss compassion fatigue, or the gradual lessening of compassion over time, and how this can be a barrier to our experiences in and out the workplace. What […]
What is Stigma?
Learn about what stigma is and where it comes from, as well as whether stigmatization is decreasing and at what rate.
“13 Reasons Why” & The Importance of Dialogue
Weigh the pros and cons of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” and consider the importance of being aware of and discussing suicide.
Self-Stigma: Internalizing Trauma
Learn about how trauma is internalized differently by adults and children, as well as the possible long and short term effects and how this can lead to self-stigma.
The Safe Person Decal
Explore the 7 Promises of the Safe Person Decal, created with WISE in order to provide more spaces for those in need of an open ear and support.
An Introduction to Essential Health Benefits
Compare the pros and cons of the current Affordable Care Act and how proposed changes by Republican leaders may or may not benefit you.
If We Want To vs. If We Can
Examine how we give and receive motivation and the difference between the “do well if they want to” and “do well if they can” mentalities.
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of WISE
Learn about WISE, including who, what, when, where and why WISE is so important, and how you can get more involved in WISE’s work.