i think it's all so important when we're talking about helping people and helping each other. We can be our own harshest critics, and we can be really kind of cruel to ourselves in ways that we wouldn't do to others. And you have to be kind and compassionate to people, but also to yourself. i just think it's a bit of a trap sometimes, that we can start beating ourselves up for not helping others enough.
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In these unprecedented and (in many ways) awful times, it can be difficult to make sense of the world in a way that is fruitful and beneficial
In this special panel discussion, the Wrong Boys, along with friends Breht and Mexie, set out to build on Mr. Rogers advice to “look for the helpers”, and try their best to articulate everything that is deep and meaningful about helping others, as well as being helped
Soccer Jersey Study https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/identity-emergency-intervention-how-social-group-membership
Revolutionary Left Radio’s “Paying Tribute to Radical Voices of Black Liberation” https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/paying-tribute-to-voices-of-black-liberation
Pro-social behavior increases meaning in life http://home.uchicago.edu/~nklein/ProsocialBehaviorIncreasesMeaning.pdf
Pro-social behavior reduces effects of stress https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702615611073
Pro-Social Behavior in Early Life https://positivepsychology.com/prosocial-behavior/