Focus Tuesday: Lessons from Mr. Rogers

Most of us think of Mr Rogers as endlessly patient and gentle. But he was also angry — about racism, injustice, and a world that taught children to hide what they feel. He channeled that anger into one of the most quietly revolutionary acts in television history.

What Rogers understood is that our emotions aren't good or bad. They're neutral. They're our body's way of processing information faster than our brain can think. Anger says a boundary has been crossed. Sadness honors what matters. Fear is an alert system seeking safety. Guilt points us back to our values. Joy shows us what we want more of. The problem isn't what we feel — it's that we don't fully understand how to turn our emotions into positive action.

In this session, David Gaines — author of Radical Business and the forthcoming Why We Buy and Why It Matters — unpacks the framework Rogers used to create emotional safety for children and shows how adults can apply those same principles to their relationships, their hard conversations, and the life they're trying to create.

FREE, PUBLIC EVENT.

6:30 PM
Focus Cincinnati

This is a part of the monthly “Focus Tuesday” series, every third Tuesday of the month.