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Who Decided Empathy Was a Bad Thing?

As I sat in my favorite chair thinking about an upcoming workshop I’m about to deliver, I homed in on one slide, and it was as if the expansiveness of its meaning grew living threads.

The workshop is called Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others. Without getting into all the details, I’ll give you one phrase from one slide:

Empathy ≠ Ownership

Before I knew it, I was sitting in my living room as if I were in a brainstorming session. Except Brownie, my dog, and Mr. Kitty, my cat, aren’t the best at answering me back. Or allowing me to practice some iteration of what I’m going to say on…

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