Braving the Arena: Leading Ourselves with Empathy, Self-Compassion, and Courage

We'll explore the challenges of vulnerability and the emotional risks that come with stepping into the arena of growth. You'll learn to differentiate between shame, guilt, humiliation, and embarrassment, gaining clarity on their impact. Through understanding empathy and common empathic barriers, we’ll uncover ways to foster meaningful connections. Finally, we’ll redefine self-compassion, dispelling common misconceptions and learning how it strengthens resilience.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand and begin to utilize the metaphor of the arena to examine the challenges associated with feeling vulnerable or with engaging in behaviors that lead to uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
2. Differentiate between the four self-conscious emotions: shame, guilt, humiliation, and embarrassment.
3. Understand the components of empathy and recognize two common barriers to empathy (empathic misses) that interfere with meaningful connection.
4. Understand what self-compassion is and what it isn’t.

About the Presenter

Rose Markey, M.A., is a Senior Learning and Development Consultant. Rose has 30+ years of experience in Human Resources in healthcare as well as higher education. Her background includes recruitment, compensation, employee relations, corporate training programs, curriculum design, and classroom facilitation. Rose also serves as a leadership coach and is an active professional speaker. Rose is a Certified Dare to Lead facilitator based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown and has earned several professional certifications including Crucial Influence, Crucial Conversations, DiSC, Clifton Strengths, and Prosci Change Management.

This reward-eligible webinar is brought to you by Hoos Well and FEAP as part of our "Thrive Together" series of monthly webinars on mental health and well-being.