RSA Shorts - The Power of Empathy and how it differs from sympathy, by Brene Brown
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Empathy fuels connection.
1. Perspective taking.
2. Staying out of judgment.
3. Recognizing emotion in other people.
4. Communicating that.
"I'm stuck. It's dark. I'm overwhelmed."
"Hey, I know what it's like down here, and you're not alone."
Empathy is a vulnerable choice to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling.
No empathic response is silver lining. Do not use the phrase "at least".
Say: "I don't even know what to say right now, I'm just glad that you told me."
Because connection is what helps.
6:20 PM Dec 02 2014