Deeper Empathy in Marriage: What's the Secret? By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott

Deeper Empathy in Marriage: What's the Secret?

  • Actionable: 6

  • Quote: “Being aware of your own emotions, and able to look at them objectively, allows you to step outside yourself and pay closer attention to what your spouse is feeling or going through.”

  • Time to read: 3 minutes

  • Work safe: yes

  • Summary: When we let our emotions take control, suppress them, or resign ourselves to them, we lose the chance to develop empathy and become engulfed in ourselves. The key to empathy is self-awareness, and if we can process our emotions in a healthy way, we are able to achieve deeper empathy in our relationships. 

  • Perspective: Educational

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