Empathy

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What Does The Empathy Symbol Stand For?

The Empathy Symbol stands for two “sides” reaching out to each other, and opening up to try to truly understand the other’s experiences and feelings. It could be two groups of people: men and women, blacks and whites, Jews and Muslims, fundamentalist Christians and atheists, Israelis and Palestinians, gays and straights, old and young, able-bodied and disabled, immigrants and native-born, and so on; or it could be two individuals: spouses, neighbors, co-workers, etc.

The New York Times published a provocative op ed piece on May 5 by Michael Ventura (author of  Applied Empathy) […]

Empathy Goals

Often we set goals, and schedules to meet them. I will exercise 3 times a week. I will eat beans […]