The Art of Empathy, Part 1
Sounds True: Insights at the Edge
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The Six Aspects of Empathy
Carla McLaren is the author of a new book called The Art of Empathy. She says that for somebody who wants to develop more empathy, it's important for them to know which of these six aspects they might want to work on. For example, if you don't pick up emotion from others, then fiction, especially drama and movies, can sort of get your organism understanding what it is when emotions move back and forth. Carla: With emotion contagion, if you do it a lot already, then you're going to want to make sure your empathic accuracy and emotional regulation are really quite good.
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