What Does Empathy Look and Feel Like?
In the 3 minute YouTube video at the end of this text, Brene Brown describes simply and visually what is the difference between Empathy and Sympathy. My take is that Empathy is about being with another person or persons in a way where you engage to their feelings, where you are authentic in that engagement and above all where you actively listen. Brene closes the video with a wonderful statement “Rarely can a response make something better, what makes something better is connection”.
I challenge us all to spend more time listening, engaging, caring and supporting our family and friends and less time in judging and in being right.
