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


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Video edited by David Tsvariani