The second thing we need to do as fathers is pass along the value of empathy to our children. Not sympathy, but empathy – the ability to stand in somebody else’s shoes; to look at the world through their eyes. Sometimes it’s so easy to get caught…

Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Empathy addresses how the arts in practice and in therapeutic contexts offer expanded ways of being attuned to emotional states and life conditions with individuals, relationshi…

Research + Empathy

In this next phase of the week we’ll start to step outside of the Drawing Board mindset and shift gears as a team. Keep that creative energy high by doing some much-needed research and extending the vision of the work you’re doing. It might sound scary, but this step is important! As you pair your problem with your hunches and start to think about how to research them, keep this simple idea in mind:  Whenever you can, prove a hunch with a test…

Here are the ways we use to get there as a team.

• Interviews — This should feel similar to the homework from Week 1, so continue to find people who can help you understand the problem deeper. …
• Co-Create — One simple way to keep learning is to invite others to design and think alongside you….
• Analogous Research — Are you building a website? Or maybe it’s a service or program?….
• Immersion — Maybe the simplest thing to do is to immerse yourself in your problem…

The goal of all of this outside learning is to try to get to a place where you can empathize with the people and problems more deeply.

I realized that the element missing in most business books is one of the softest and most powerful skills — a skill that parents employ daily and instinctively: unconditional empathy….We have tried and failed at several parenting techniques, bu…

I realized that the element missing in most business books is one of the softest and most powerful skills — a skill that parents employ daily and instinctively: unconditional empathy….We have tried and failed at several parenting techniques, bu…

A new book called “UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed In Our All-About-Me World” by Michele Borba makes a strong case for empathy as a tool that can be taught to kids, positioning them for success.“[Empathy], the trait that allows …

Less testosterone may make them more empathic and less aggressive, which may make them better fathers.This new information on hormonal changes in men comes from a study I conducted with graduate student Patty Kuo at the University of Michigan. It provi…

Just beside North Greenwich station stand two exhibitions which together form the Empathy Museum, part of this year’s LIFT. Each exhibit, a pop up interactive shoe shop and pop up library, are easily accessible and identifiable, if a little ambig…

What Does the Bible Say About Empathy? Should Christians Be Able to Empathize With Others?The Scriptures refer to the quality of empathy, which we see demonstrated in several biblical narratives. Empathy is the capacity to feel another person’s f…