This is a great episode that discusses the difference between sympathy and empathy and why empathy should our first choice when showing up for others.

Whether it is a dear friend or a stranger at the grocery store empathy allows us to take on not only the perspective but also the feelings of what someone else may be going through. In the words of Brene Brown empathy encourages us to get down into the pit with the person suffering so that we may support them with a holistic approach.

There are three components of true empathy. The first is the cognitive piece in which we try to truly understand what the person is going through. In other words try to see the situation through their eyes. The second component is feeling the way the other person feels. That doesn't mean that we have to know the exact feelings they are experiencing but it means trying to duplicate the somatic experience that they are having. These first two elements drive the third component of true empathy which is compassion. Compassion means that we are trying to truly identify with what the person is going through and that we are willing to offer support or assistance in the matter.

All of this is contrasted by sympathy which seems to be very superficial. In the episode we speak about it with similarity to pity. Sympathy can also be friends with judgement. It pales in comparison to empathy where you choose to truly engage in the totality of the situation, rather than throw a couple of words of support out and walk away.

In truth empathy is something that comes very easily to some and not so much to others. But just like curiosity, empathy can be honed and developed. Ironically, it is curiosity that allows empathy to grow, as curiosity allows us to want to understand more and feel more about the situation.

Empathy is where it's at. Drop the mic.

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