Cindy Ricardo, LMHC, CIRT – Suffering causes people to want to recoil from the pain. Not reacting or judging oneself opens the door to self-compassion. Opening Heart and Mind Helps Connect and HealRunning groups for survivors of domestic violence…

For a few minutes on Tuesday, fourth-grader Charlotte Pauline couldn’t hear a thing that classmate Taylor Kelley was trying to tell her.As her frustration grew, though, so too did her understanding of what someone with a hearing impairment experi…

This empathy/anxiety correlation has huge implications for our lives of faith and our relationships! Without empathy, we are unable to imagine what life is like for other people. Our ability for compassion is decreased.Our likelihood of decreasing conf…

Coupling requires empathy. Understanding anchors almost every interaction. If we don’t have some perspective on ourselves and on our partner’s needs and wants, then our selfishness will block basic togetherness. And that’s our basic n…