Empathy and Adaptability in Partnerships

This year we lost my husband's dad and it happened very suddenly. I was really shocked at how quickly I was able to sort of, you know, drop everything get stuff organized,. Get in the car, get there. But I found myself getting really impatient with the replaying of emotions because I expect, I've done this. Let's move on. And so I had to really slow myself down. I had to pull my empathy out and just really be where people were  and then be sensitive to when it is time to move on. That's a great illustration of empathy plus adaptability: being able to sit with it and not have to react right away.