The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Essential Skill
Oct 2013 · Macmillan + ORM
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What if there were a single skill that could directly and radically improve your relationships and your emotional life? Empathy, teaches Karla McLaren, is that skill. With The Art of Empathy, she teaches us how to perceive and feel the experiences of others with clarity and authenticity—to connect with them more deeply and effectively.
Informed by current insights from neuroscience, social psychology, and healing traditions, this book explores:
Why empathy is not a mystical phenomenon but a natural, innate ability that we can strengthen and developHow to identify and regulate our emotions and boundariesThe process of shifting into the perspective of othersHow to provide support in a sensitive and healthy wayInsights for navigating our hyper-connected social landscapeTargeted chapters for improving family, workplace, and intimate relationshipsWays to expand our empathy to our community, global levels of society, and the natural world
More than ever, reflects Karla McLaren, the time for empathy has come. The Art of Empathy brings welcome, practical guidance for mastering this essential life skill.
Informed by current insights from neuroscience, social psychology, and healing traditions, this book explores:
Why empathy is not a mystical phenomenon but a natural, innate ability that we can strengthen and developHow to identify and regulate our emotions and boundariesThe process of shifting into the perspective of othersHow to provide support in a sensitive and healthy wayInsights for navigating our hyper-connected social landscapeTargeted chapters for improving family, workplace, and intimate relationshipsWays to expand our empathy to our community, global levels of society, and the natural world
More than ever, reflects Karla McLaren, the time for empathy has come. The Art of Empathy brings welcome, practical guidance for mastering this essential life skill.
What if there were a single skill that could directly and radically improve your relationships and your emotional life? Empathy, teaches Karla McLaren, is that skill. With The Art of Empathy, she teaches us how to perceive and feel the experiences of others with clarity and authenticity—to connec...
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Karla McLaren
Karla McLaren, M.Ed., is an award-winning author, researcher, workplace consultant, and empathy expert. Her grand unified theory of emotions revalues even the most "negative" emotions and opens new pathways to self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. Her applied work, Dynamic Emotional Integration®, is a groundbreaking process that reveals the genius and healing power within the emotional realm. Learn more at karlamclaren.com and at empathyacademy.org.
Karla McLaren
Karla McLaren, M.Ed., is an award-winning author, researcher, workplace consultant, and empathy expert. Her grand unified theory of emotions revalues even the most "negative" emotions and opens new pathways to self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. Her applie...
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