Up until recently, management consultants and experts in organizational behavior have advocated that strong and effective employees are stoic and silent regarding their own suffering (Reizer, 2019). But, new research is shedding light on the power of self-compassion in the workplace.

The belief that women are more emotional than men is one of the most widely held and persistent gender stereotypes in Western cultures. But, is it true? What’s the real story about our varied relationship with our emotions? More importantly, what can we learn from this?