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How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)

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Empathy - The Seven Ways That We Connect

The word empathy could act as an acronym for all seven ways that we connect. The first way that we connect with anybody is through eye contact, which goes back to mother infant bonding. Doxy toson is released when people gaze at one another, and at bonds people. In medicine, it's so easy to focus on the injured body part, but only caring about how your wound is healing will not make that patient feel very cared about.

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