empathy, full stop
Gabby came into this episode with something she'd been sitting on after back-to-back meetings — two separate conversations where people said they wanted to be empathetic, but worried it would make them look weak or force them to compromise their values. That moment sent her and Marisa down a rabbit hole on what empathy actually is (acknowledging someone's feelings — full stop) versus what people confuse it with (sympathy, people-pleasing, or losing yourself entirely).
They dig into why empathy has become a corporate buzzword that people claim without fully understanding, how to regulate your…
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