Cultivating Empathy
Cultivating Empathy
In a world that tries to drain it out of you
In this reading of my weekly, Stable Roots, essay, I explore what empathy actually is — and what it isn’t.
We hear the word constantly. It’s praised, politicized, misused, and often confused with emotional intensity or moral agreement. But empathy, practiced well, is deeper and more complex than that. It isn’t about absorbing everything or proving how deeply we feel. It’s about listening carefully enough to receive another person’s experience without overtaking it.
Through stories of caregiving, frozen pipes, horses, projection…
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