This one comes up a lot in podcasts too. “But if I have to stop and consider everyone, it slows me down”. But does it? And, more importantly, is not using empathy causing you to make the wrong decisions? Talk about a time waster! This goes along with the idea

I remember this commercial from the 90’s that said “Maybe she’s born with it…”.  I think it was for Maybelline makeup, but I remember thinking “none of these women are born with it – that’s why they’re selling it”. Even at 16 I was questioning what it meant to have

We’ve been over the myth that empathy is only about feeling, so I won’t beat that drum in this post.  If you’re here and reading this, you already have an inkling that empathy goes way deeper than that. Feelings are just the tip of the iceberg. Empathy is about taking

Empathy tends to get lumped in with a whole bunch of other seemingly similar emotives, like the empathy/sympathy/compassion conglomeration. One of those things is being nice, and how having empathy automatically makes you ‘nice’, but it just ain’t so.  In fact, I’d even suggest that empathy isn’t very nice sometimes.

We’re officially into March and I can’t believe this year is zinging past the way it is!  It’s the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese Lunar New Year tradition, so we’re looking for rapid change and bold action.  This will be fun! I want to take this month