The theme of this year’s CMHA Mental Health Week, running May 2 to 8, is empathy. The campaign calls for us to #GetReal about how to help and practice empathy to support those who are struggling. It urges us to take an interest in the well-being of others and try to help by asking questions, actively listening, and trying to understand the feelings and perspectives of others. Check out these titles to learn more about empathy, connection and active listening through these non-fiction titles.
Volpe, Rob, author
2022
Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
2009
McLaren, Karla, author
2013
McLaren teaches us how to perceive and feel the experience of others with clarity and authenticity, to connect with them more deeply and effectively. This single skill could directly and radically improve your relationships and your life.
Szalavitz, Maia
2010
In a book on empathy, a renowned psychiatrist explores the trait's startling importance in human evolution and its significance for children and for society.
Bradford, David L, author
2021
In Connect, David Bradford and Carole Robin show readers how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional, along the way offering time-tested strategies for giving feedback, negotiating boundaries, and working through disagreements. Through stories of people navigating tricky moments in relationships -- all based on real dynamics Bradford and Robin have witnessed or experienced -- we see the six hallmarks of an exceptional relationship in action: authenticity, vulnerability, honesty, a willingness to ask for and offer help, a shared commitment to growth, and an ability to deal productively with conflict.
Walker, Nathan C., 1975-, author
2016
Murphy-Shigematsu, Stephen, author
2017
Phillips, Kaitlin Ugolik, author
2020
"There's no doubt that technology has made it easier to communicate. It's also easier to shut someone out when we are confronted with online discourse. Why bother to understand strangers--or even acquaintances--when you can troll them, block them, or just click 'Unfriend' and never look back? However briefly satisfying that might be, it's also potentially eroding one of our most human traits: empathy ... In The Future of Feeling, Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips shares her own personal stories as well as those of doctors, entrepreneurs, teachers, journalists, and scientists about moving innovation and technology forward without succumbing to isolation"-- Amazon.com.
Shantigarbha.
2018
Vengoechea, Ximena, author.
2021
Listening, like any communication skill, can be improved. Drawing from her own research sessions, as well as from stories and interviews with marriage counselors, life coaches, filmmakers, podcast hosts, and other listening experts, the author of ListenLike You Mean It discusses how to quickly build rapport with strangers, which questions help people unlock what they need to say, when it's time to throw out the script entirely, and how to recover from listener's drain, among other skills. Includes original illustrations by the author.
Cameron, Julia, author
2021
The Listening Path is a transformational journey to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, readers will be given the tools to become better listeners--to their environment, the people around them, and themselves. The reward for learning to truly listen is immense. As we learn to listen, our attention is heightened and we gain healing, insight, clarity. But above all, listening creates connections and ignites a creativity that will resonate through every aspect of our lives.
Gilbert, Paul, author 1951 June 20-
2014
Ferrucci, Piero
2006
Moorjani, Anita, 1959-
2021
An inspirational guide for sensitive people looking to fully harness their gifts of intuition and empathy in today's harsh world.
Murphy, Kate (Journalist), author
2020
"At work, we're taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We're not listening. And no one is listening to us. Despite living in a world where technology allows constant digital communication and opportunities to connect, it seems no one is really listening or even knows how. And it's making us lonelier, more isolated, and less tolerant than ever before."-- Provided by publisher.
