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 1, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Empathy, Healing, Ovarian Cancer
In a boat on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey I am alive today because of love. That’s true for all of us. At least one person loved us into being, growing, and sticking around for the fun. Parents. Spouses. Children. Friends. They give us empathy which is how we...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Dec 18, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Faith, Healing, Istanbul
Çamlıca Mosque, Istanbul Why do bad things happen to good people? Forget about my cancer. What about kids? Babies? What did they do to deserve suffering? Better people than me have died from cancer, war, neglect, violence, and more. If we believe in a good...
