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.
Empathy Goals
Often we set goals, and schedules to meet them. I will exercise 3 times a week. I will eat beans […]
Up is Down, In is Out, and Empathy is Bad…?!
Who would have thought we’d have needed to write a blog post defending empathy as a good thing? But here […]
Empathy Truly For All
An important part of empathy is connection. We make a connection with others, whether directly, or through reading or viewing […]