Elizabeth Gilbert says it's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next
The TED Interview
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Empathy Is Your Suffering
Am, we're taught that empathy is a good thing. I would suggest that in a case this dramatic, what you want to talk about replacing empathy with compassion. So compassion means, i'm actually not suffering right now. You are. And if you knew how your empathetic suffering actually makes you into another patient who needs assistance, you would be more willing to dip into compassion. It takes an enormous amount of courage to be able to witness and witness omebody else's pain without inhabiting it yourself....
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