Try Some Reverse Empathy
Instead of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, reverse empathy means trying to remember a time when you wore the same shoes.
The more you can relate yourself to what they’re going through, the better your odds of being genuinely helpful and supportive to the person next to you, not to mention being less reactive and emotional yourself.
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