“I notice that people are intrigued by the notion of nonviolence but do not want to seem weak.
Empathy is another subject that seems to be more easily embraced by women. Is empathy actually ‘tough?”
How can we talk to men or people who don’t want to be seen as weak about empathy?
The fourth muscle needed is the empathy muscle. Empathy is the ability to be bothered if our personal wrongness hurts others.It enables us to understand the effect we have on the other person and to use that understanding to govern our words and action…
The basics of social behavior come from the brain’s emotional system, which is an important contributor to empathy and morality from infancy through adulthood. Babies often cry when they hear another baby crying, because knowing that another pers…
New research provides fresh evidence that choosing a candidate may depend largely on our biological make-up. The study focused on the mirror neuron system, a network linked to a host of social and emotional abilities. After declaring their poli…
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