Empathy can be helped, or hindered. Authors call for an “empathy epidemic” to address violence, bullying, child abuse, racism and other inequities.Part of emotional development is the development of empathy, which is defined as the abi…

Have you also imagined a world where people help each other more? It doesn’t have to be a world made of superheroes, just a simple place where when someone suffers (even silently), there is someone else who will go out of his or her way to help&h…

Clinician empathy leads to greater patient satisfaction, increased compliance and better outcomes. It boosts job satisfaction for providers.  It may be particularly helpful in cases of chronic illness; Inone study, patients with diabetes had measu…

Here are Al’s tips for turning difficult conversations into easy ones:Keep calm. Don’t turn it into Godzilla vs. Rodan. (Samurai secrets of staying calm are here.Treat’em like a child. You can’t talk them out of emotional o…