Donna Hicks, PhD

Every person is born with dignity, even the people who hurt us. Hicks shows how honoring dignity heals conflict and how wounding it keeps conflict going. Drawing on her extensive experience as a global conflict mediator, Hicks introduces the Dignity Model, which distinguishes dignity (our birthright, inherent value, and shared vulnerability) from respect (which must be earned through behavior). She demonstrates that neuroscience physically validates "dignity wounds," showing that emotional humiliation activates the exact same neural pathways in the brain as physical pain.

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