Empathetic encounters can be done in countless ways. Here are a few of them:Empathy Circle: At its most basic level, an empathy circle involves people in a circle sharing one at a time, while receiving empathy from the rest of the circle. Empathy …

Sympathy and empathy are all too often confused. Daniela Papi describes her trajectory from sympathetic volunteer to empathetic changemaker.   That’s when we started to get serious about understanding how to facilitate long-term change. We s…

In this post, I offer a nuanced view of empathy and compassion as well as a critique of the aforementioned researchers’ assumptions and mission. As an introduction to the concept of empathy, here is how Frans De Waal described empathy i…

Create one mandated course for high school students nationwide. What does it include? At a recent dinner, this was one of the prompts for group discussion. Without hesitation, my mind sounded one clear word. Empathy. The ability to refer…