Empathy for the alcoholic or addict who still suffers is not enabling. Often it is exactly what we need to finally grasp we are not alone, whether homeless on the Bowery or lit up by the paparazzi on Rodeo Drive. Hope is birthed from empathy. Then anything is still possible.
William Moyers is the vice president of public affairs and community relations for the Hazelden Foundation and the author of “Broken,” his best-selling memoirs.
A new business paradigm, in which management aims to to foster a better world, is rapidly taking hold.McGrath posits that there have been three thematic ages of management since the industrial revolution: execution, expertise, and now, empathy. She say…
MedWire News Results from a US study show that impaired perspective-taking, a component of cognitive empathy, is associated with reduced functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Empathy, or sharing and understanding the unique emotions…
As we kick-off a global competition on “activating empathy in schools,” we thought it might help to start with a few stories that showcase what we mean. These are by no means meant to be prescriptive: there’s a vast array of st…
In the present study, we investigated the effects of empathic paraphrasing as an extrinsic emotion regulation technique in social conflict. We hypothesized that negative emotions elicited by social conflict can be regulated extrinsically in a conversat…
