STAY IN THE CANOE AND PADDLE
Advice for Couples from Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
The process of dialogue is something like a canoe on a lake. Two people are paddling, one in the back and one in the front. They have their strokes coordinated and are gliding smoothly over the lake. The wind comes up. What do you do?
[Solution is to stay in the canoe with empathy]
The phenomenon is called “the cost of caring,” and it illustrates one of the unexpected drawbacks of empathizing with others: emotional distress.Rhiannon Smith, an associate professor of developmental psychology at the University of Connecticut, said t…
Let’s face it, 1000 might look like a long list but spare a thought for gazillions of brands that never made it onto the radar. So what’s the difference between the elite few here and the vast majority of also-rans? Empathy.&nbs…
College students today are less empathetic than college students of the past. At least that’s what University of Michigan researchers have concluded. The meta-analysis combined the results of 72 different studies of American college studen…
Speech Begins at https://youtu.be/NhXSxS7HHy4#t=1h57m56sBecause of growing class segregation,” Putnam says, “fewer and fewer successful people have much idea how the other half lives.” This has made us less empathetic to one another’s plight than …
