Updated February 9, 2019 Do you ever get the feeling that someone isn’t telling you the truth about how they feel? If you know the person well, it may just be a feeling that something is off. Perhaps the body language of the person doesn’t match their words. Your intuition, the internal warning that alerts […]
Balancing Empathy, Compassion & Accountability
Updated February 9, 2019 It’s apparent from my last 3 posts in this series that empathy and compassionate are instrumental in the formation, as well as the maintenance, of healthy social interactions. Friendships, romantic partnerships, vocational teams, family relations and even societies all benefit from incorporating these concepts into their guiding beliefs. However, there truly […]
The Connection Between Compassion & Empathy
Updated February 9, 2019 In my line of work in the healthcare field, the concepts of empathy and compassion are familiar terms, but they are often confused, misunderstood or used interchangeably. It’s important to understand that they are separate and unique characteristics unto themselves. Empathy is the state of actually being able to feel what […]