Indexed by Jessica Hagy
Despite our good intentions to help others, we often hold back because we don't know what to do or are afraid to intrude. Even when we overcome our hesitations, we sometimes find that we have made things worse with our attempts to help. Karen Kissel Wegela combines the insights of traditional meditative practices and modern psychology to address these problems, concluding that the most important thing we can offer to anyone in distress is our mindful presence, without agendas or expectations. When we learn to cultivate this ability to be open-heartedly, compassionately present, we find that we can intelligently apply a variety of skills and techniques, including listening, being mindful companions, and forming supportive teams for individuals and families. We may find that our actions benefit us as much as they do the people we seek to help. This books provides concrete practical advice, with techniques and exercises for developing the capacity to serve, support, and encourage those in need-for people in the helping professions as well as for everybody else who wants to provide genuine help to others.
JESSICA HAGY is an artist and writer best known for her Webby Award-winning blog, Indexed. A fixture in the creative online space, including 15 years as a guerrilla advertising creative, Jessica has been illustrating, consulting, and speaking to international media and events since 2006. She is the author of How to Be Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) and The Art of War Visualized: The Sun Tzu Classic in Charts and Graphs. Combined they have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her illustrated articles have appeared in Wired, Forbes, BBC Magazine (online), Harvard Business Review, and TheAtlantic.com. She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Ohio University, an MBA from Otterbein University, and an MFA in creative writing and poetics from the University of Washington.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780142005200 |
| ISBN 10 | 0142005207 |
| Titel | Indexed |
| Autor | Jessica Hagy |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2008-03-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 96 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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