Are You Having a Strong Back and a Soft Front?

Agan: For me, my compassion for others is only real and authentic when there's a kind of inner sense of, i know what this is like. And I find that for men, if there's not a sense of a relatedness with others, it's very hard to have it be true. Agan: When you learn self compa on you grow in compassion for others. But really important, you can sustain compassion for others when you have self compassion. Ad increase his compassion satisfaction, which i think may be kind of what you're pointing to, a kind of authenticity and compassion for other.