You pick up your phone to check one thing. Forty-five minutes later you surface, jaw tight, heart a little fast, scrolling through a feed of bad news, arguments, and other people’s worst days — and somehow you feel worse than […]
Understanding Others: The Practice of Empathy
I used to think empathy was a feeling. Something you either had or didn’t — like being a “people person,” or not. Turns out, empathy is a practice. Like meditation, or flossing, or telling the truth even when it’s inconvenient. […]