by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Empathy, Politics, Uncategorized
This discussion of the power of #empathy to heal our world is one of the most thoughtful I’ve had. Timely too. Longtime friend Daniel Stid* poses some excellent questions as usual, and I did my best to answer them....
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Mar 4, 2022 | Cancer, Empathy, Empathy in Medicine, Empathy with Our Bodies, Entrepreneurship, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Jackie and John, Istanbul, March 2, 2022 (2nd anniversary of ovarian cancer surgery) Maybe. At the beginning, those of us with difficult cancer diagnoses hope to do the unlikely: survive the treatment, ring the bell, and be in “remission.” We imagine all the ways and...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Feb 15, 2022 | Cleveland Police, Culture of Empathy, Empathy, Police, Police reform
For the past 6 years, we have been successfully working with the Cleveland Police on empathy-centered cultural reform. NYPD and the National Fraternal Order of Police have inquired about this potential national model, which is unprecedented and widely needed. In a 6...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Feb 5, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Empathy, Gratitude, Healing from Cancer
Wonderful Turkish cookbook “Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” – “The fundamental question” of wellbeing according to economists Rakesh Sarin and Manel Baucells, in their book Engineering Happiness I should be dead by now. Talk...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 29, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Ovarian Cancer, Spirituality
Jeanne and Jackie in front of the Bosporus “All will be well.” – Reverend Jeanne Leinbach undergoing treatment for breast cancer 2015 Growing up, I never imagined I’d have close friends who are priests (pastors/rabbis/spiritual leaders). It’s not that I...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 18, 2022 | Cancer, Dreams, Empathy, Resolutions
View of hilly Istanbul from our kitchen window “it’s a low low road You’ve gotta roll down Before you find your way, my friend And it’s a high, high hill You’ve gotta climb up Before you get to the top again” -Grace Potter and Mark...
