Empathy …The Power of Connection

Em-PathosLit: in - pathos …

Sympathy is feeling compassion, sorrow, or pity for the hardships that another person encounters,Empathy is putting yourself in the shoes of another.

4 types of Empathy

1. Cognitive Empathy“Try to walk a mile in another’s shoes”

2. Social EmpathySensing/understanding what the other is

feeling

3. Empathic EmpathySharing the feelings of another

4 types of Empathy

1. Cognitive Empathy“Try to walk a mile in another’s shoes”

2. Social EmpathySensing/understanding what the other is feeling

3. Empathic EmpathySharing the feelings of another

Compassionate Empathy/Empathetic concern

Goes beyond simply understanding or sharing their feelings …

It moves us to action

Agapē the other as you agapē yourself…

Without self-empathy we cannot fully empathise with the other…

We can become judgemental because we cannot get past our own triggers…

Or

We judge what we don’t understand.

“We judge what we don’t understand.”

Don't abuse or take advantage of strangers; remember, youwere once strangers in Egypt.

Ex. 22:21

Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and

thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.Eph 4:32

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered,

content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and

completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose

garment. Never be without it.Col 3:12–14

Listen in order to understandHear the heartLook for the shared narrativeWalk with…Self-compassion

Building Empathy

Listen in order to understandHear the heartLook for the shared narrativeWalk with…Self-compassion

Building Empathy

4 Attributes of Empathy

See the world as others see it Be non-judgmental Understand another person’s feelings Communicate your understanding of

that person’s feelings

Theresa Wiseman

4 Attributes of Empathy

See the world as others see it Be non-judgmental Understand another person’s feelings Communicate your understanding of

that person’s feelings

Theresa Wiseman