A Slight Change of Plans cover image

How to Build Empathy and Avoid Burnout

A Slight Change of Plans

NOTE

Understanding Emotional Empathy vs. Cognitive Empathy

Emotional empathy involves feeling a sense of resonance, whether it's motor resonance, resonance for pain, or other emotions like sadness, anger, and joy, which leads to an overlap between self and other emotionally. This empathy is based on shared experiences and emotions. In contrast, cognitive empathy is like detective work where one tries to understand what someone else is thinking, focusing more on intellectual understanding rather than shared emotions.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner