Rewiring Your Brain for Healthy Empathy: Getting a Voltmeter by Marsha Lucas, Ph.D

Rewiring Your Brain for Healthy Empathy: Getting a Voltmeter

●      Quote: “I eventually figured out that being empathic isn't about being an all-absorbing antenna, a doormat, a mind reader, and/or an emotional rescuer.”

●      Time to read: 5 minutes

●      Work safe: yes

●      Summary: Being empathetic requires not only the ability to take someone else’s perspective, but to be able to feel their feelings as well- not rationalize them. “If we were nothing but rational, we’d be robots.”

●      Perspective: Educational