Lunchtime Seminar: From Humiliation to Appreciation: Walking Toward Our Talk

February 22, 2007

Wellesley, MA– An educational leader once said, “The number one cause of stress is lack of appreciation.” Other professionals warn that “lack of appreciation” is associated with higher rates of workplace turnover. This talk suggests that chronic lack of appreciation leads to demoralizing feelings of humiliation. Using Relational-Cultural Theory as a fundamental framework, Linda Hartling, Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will explore how this phenomenon—lack of appreciation—foments social pain through devaluation, demoralization, and disconnection. Further, integrating methods developed by an international network studying human dignity and humiliation, Hartling will describe a relational approach for helping others and ourselves move out of appreciation deprivation by “walking our talk.”

Lunchtime Seminar Series programs are free and open to the public. Held Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Cheever House Library, the seminars highlight the work of Wellesley Centers for Women researchers and program staff. For more information, call 781.283.2500 or visit www.wcwonline.org.  

For more than 30 years, the Wellesley Centers for Women has been a driving force—both behind the scenes and in the spotlight—promoting positive change for women and men, girls and boys. WCW brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research, training, analysis, and action. Our groundbreaking work is dedicated to looking at the world through the eyes of women with the goal of shaping a better world for all. 

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