When people think of empathy, they tend to see it as a soft skill, full of yielding and niceness.
That’s a part of empathy, but there’s a deeper and more full-bodied form of empathy that helps you engage with people when they (and you!) are not feeling nice at all. In The Art of Empathy,
I share a number of relationship skills for dealing with conflict and for repairing bonds, and this is one of my favorites: Conscious Complaining.
April 8, 2013. 116-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Mahachulalungkornrajavidyalaya University in Bangkok, Thailand. The sangha is in the 5-Day Applied Ethics Retreat as part of the spring Asian Tour. The talk is given in English with si…
A physician’s attitude and approach affect every aspect of medical care for patients and their families. An empathic bedside manner is no quaint relic of the past. To restore and ensure public trust in the medical profession, new generations of physici…
Many parents worry that giving their grumpy upset child lots of empathy may encourage them to become overly needy. Sometimes it can seem like this is true because your empathy initially results in an increase in the intensity of your child’…
Think your kids are being raised to be kind? Think again. A Harvard researcher and psychologist has 5 ways to train your child to be kind and empathetic.Earlier this year, I wrote about teaching empathy, and whether you are a parent who does so. T…
