The images of chaos and violence in our nation’s Capitol that many children and teens have been seeing in the media have been disturbing and scary.
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According to a 2017 report by the American Psychological Association, 2/3 of Americans feel stressed about the future of our nation, including a majority of each Democrats and Republicans.
This is a good time to talk about charisma and its relationship to the power of stories.
It’s not that the idea of charisma is new. The word itself is an old one. It derives from the ancient Greek word “χάρισμα (khárisma)”, and it translates to something like “favor freely given” or “gift of grace.