[ dabble ] The Power of Empathy

Here's an explanation of Empathy that's easy to understand and totally hits the spot. Combined with some stunning animation, this short unpacking of empathy vs sympathy is something to keep coming back to.  

Dr Brene Brown is a research professor, TED talker, best selling author, and a generally very qualified person, who you can read more about here. 

She sums everything up pretty nicely when she says that 'Empathy is feeling with people", and illustrates what that means over the course of the clip below... 

So, the question is, would you class yourself as an empathetic person?