Empathy is different to sympathy.  Empathy creates connection while sympathy drives connection. Empathy is climbing down to the other person's level and seeing the world from their perspective. Sympathy is viewing the person from your own perspective. An empathic response rarely starts with "At least..." to explore the "silver lining"."I had a miscarriage""At least you know you can get pregnant.""I think my marriage is falling apart.""At least you have a marriage."

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Empathy is feeling with people. There are four qualities of empathy:<ol><li>Perspective-taking - the ability to take the perspective of another person</li><li>Staying out of judgment </li><li>Recognising emotion in other people</li><li>Communicating back the emotion you see</li></ol>

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What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities. Voice: Dr Brené Brown Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com Production and Editing: Al Francis-Sears and Abi Stephenson Watch Dr Brené Brown's full talk 'The Power of Vulnerability' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSjc-pbXk4 Dr Brené Brown is a research professor and best-selling author of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead" (Penguin Portfolio, 2013). She has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Donate to the RSA: https://utm.guru/udy0u Find out more about the RSA: http://www.thersa.org Follow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorg Like the RSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thersaorg

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What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities. 

Voice: Dr Brené Brown
Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com
Production and Editing: Al Francis-Sears and Abi Stephenson 

Watch Dr Brené Brown's full talk 'The Power of Vulnerability' here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSjc-pbXk4 

Dr Brené Brown is a research professor and best-selling author of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead" (Penguin Portfolio, 2013).  
She has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. 

Donate to the RSA: https://utm.guru/udy0u

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Follow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorg
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