Negotiate Anything You Need to Be Less Defensive. Here’s Why Stoic Empathy Changes Everything.
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Nov 27, 2025 Shermin Kruse, a former TED producer and expert on Stoic Empathy, shares insights on emotional regulation and leadership. She argues that defensiveness can harm connection and clarity. Shermin explains how Stoic Empathy blends self-control and awareness to better navigate challenging conversations. She shares the power of storytelling in persuasion and discusses the importance of strategic vulnerability in negotiations. Discover how to balance emotions, control reactions, and let go of ego to enhance influence and resilience under pressure.
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Awareness Plus Control Changes Outcomes
- Stoic empathy combines outward awareness of others with inward emotional control to guide behavior in crises.
- Shermin Kruse says this blend lets you stay grounded and act ethically when pressure rises.
Controlled Response While Parenting A Crisis
- Shermin recounts getting a traumatic call while parenting and controlling her delivery so her children weren't traumatized.
- She used situational awareness and self-regulation to protect others while processing her own emotion.
Stoicism As Emotional Tool, Not Absence
- Stoicism isn't emotional suppression but using emotions as useful data while choosing wise responses.
- Shermin reframes Stoic practice as maximizing useful emotions at the right time rather than eliminating them.