How to Communicate When You're Feeling Bad

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The first state of shock is confused; the second it's feeling bad, not yet ready to feel better. The third state is feeling bad, but wants to feel better and this is where comfort languages come in. Kat Kinsman: When we're going through difficult time, we kind of wish that everyone just automatically adjusted and knew what we wanted. But there's a good chance that the people around us don't necessarily know what we want.

What's the best way to help someone who's going through a difficult situation? What are the four states of distress? What are "comfort languages"? How can we introduce more nuance into our everyday thinking habits? When gathering information and forming opinions, how do you know who to trust? What's the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Kat Woods is the co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, a startup incubator for effective altruist charities. It provides training, seed funding, and the other things necessary to kickstart an effective nonprofit. Previously, Kat co-founded Charity Science Outreach, a meta-organization that raised nine counterfactual dollars for high impact charities for every dollar spent. Subsequently she co-founded Charity Science Health, a direct poverty charity that received multiple grants from GiveWell and has served hundreds of thousands of families in India. You can find more about Kat at her website or on Twitter at @kat__woods.

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