{"id":1501,"date":"2022-10-11T06:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforleaders.com\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2022-10-11T06:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:57:11","slug":"empathy-in-the-workplace-with-karla-mclaren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforleaders.com\/podcast\/empathy-in-the-workplace-with-karla-mclaren\/","title":{"rendered":"Empathy in the Workplace with Karla McLaren"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1501\" class=\"elementor elementor-1501\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bfa7186 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bfa7186\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fd36495\" data-id=\"7fd36495\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b6beed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b6beed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever taken a moment to look at who is championing empathy in the workplace? Who\u2019s demonstrating empathy and talking about feelings and who might be hiding behind their computer screens?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It probably comes as no surprise that it\u2019s typically women and female-identifying team members who talk about and demonstrate empathy in the workplace. This is a societal issue that started long before sexism and misogyny were recognized.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week on the podcast, I\u2019m talking with social science researcher and empathy pioneer Karla McLaren, M.Ed. about why this is and how we can shift some workplace dynamics to create safe environments where everyone has the emotional vocabulary to talk about their feelings and manage their emotions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the episode, Karla shares how to fix the conditioning of gender expectations around emotions and where we can find an emotional vocabulary list so we can get in tune with our own emotions.<\/span><\/p><p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/d83e0f53-cf41-4189-9c6e-0cb66ff7b7b0?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Listen on your favourite podcast player<\/strong><\/h4><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Karla McLaren:<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. Her work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most \u201cnegative\u201d emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. She is the founder and CEO of Emotion Dynamics Inc. and the developer of the Empathy Academy online learning site.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karla is the author of The Power of Emotions at Work: Accessing the Vital Intelligence in Your Workplace (2021), Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of this Vital Emotion (2020), The Dynamic Emotional Integration\u00ae Workbook (2018), The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life\u2019s Most Essential Skill (2013), The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You (2010), and many other books and audio learning programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is online at KarlaMcLaren.com and EmpathyAcademy.org. You can connect with Karla on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlaMcLaren\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KarlaMcLarenAuthor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karlamclaren.m.ed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karla-mclaren-m-ed-17b947a2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><h2>Mentioned In This Episode:<\/h2><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karlamclaren.com\/emotional-vocabulary-page\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Karla\u2019s Emotional Vocabulary List<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a 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