Hsing-ay Hsu

Nov 20, 2024 | psychologytoday.com | Hsing-ay Hsu

Thanksgiving has become a stressful time for many American families. From fighting crowds at airports to navigating conversations with relatives we haven’t seen since last November — some of whom may hold values and perspectives at odds with our own — the holidays can feel like a test of tolerance. Add to this the challenge of limited communication skills with which to articulate and understand where our layers of differences lie, and gatherings can feel pretty intense.

Oct 31, 2024 | newstribune.com | Hsing-ay Hsu

COMMENTARY: Repairing our torn social fabric starts with artful listening Today at 3:00 a.m. by Hsing-ay Hsu, The Fulcrum (TNS) This presidential election is one of the most high stakes and divisive races any of us have experienced. As we wait anxiously to see how swing state voters will decide the election for the rest of us, many feel powerless and irrelevant. The Upcoming Events

Oct 30, 2024 | mymalonetelegram.com | Hsing-ay Hsu

This presidential election is one of the most high stakes and divisive races any of us have experienced. As we wait anxiously to see how swing state voters will decide the election for the rest of us, many feel powerless and irrelevant. The frightening reality is that we have reached a tipping point where distrust and disconnection have become normalized. We no longer seem to have common values or the civility to disagree respectfully. And when we lose the ability to connect, reason disappears.

Oct 30, 2024 | union-bulletin.com | Hsing-ay Hsu

This presidential election is one of the most high stakes and divisive races any of us have experienced. As we wait anxiously to see how swing state voters will decide the election for the rest of us, many feel powerless and irrelevant. The frightening reality is that we have reached a tipping point where distrust and disconnection have become normalized. We no longer seem to have common values or the civility to disagree respectfully. And when we lose the ability to connect, reason disappears.

Oct 29, 2024 | visiblemagazine.com | Hsing-ay Hsu

As a young girl living in the New Jersey suburbs in the 1990s, I ran for student council president at my public high school. But a week before the debate with my white male opponent, the coach advisor, without any discussion of our qualifications, canceled the debate and pronounced him the winner. I suppose she may have felt like she was saving me from certain public humiliation, and I did not feel I had any standing to protest.