EMPATHY IN RELATIONSHIPS IS THE KEY TO CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION (PODCAST EPISODE 170)

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Developing empathy in relationships is the key to connection and communication! In fact, empathy is incredibly good for you! We know from the research that it not only strengthens relationships, but it also increases cooperation, helps people forgive, decreases negativity, aggression and being judgmental and even improves your physical health! Stay tuned to learn my five steps to becoming an empathy ninja so you can create deep connection, joy and ease in all your relationships.

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Resources

Don’t Keep Score in Relationships

Building Trust in Your Relationship

8 Rules for Giving Great Feedback

How to Fight Fair: The 3 Rules for Having an Effective Argument

If You Want to Communicate, You’ve Got to Listen First

How to Listen without Getting Defensive or Hurt

How to Make Mindfulness a Habit

Greater Good Science Center Empathy Quiz

Research

Daniel Batson, Altruism in Humans (Oxford Scholarship Online, 2011).

Paul Ekman and Daniel Goleman, Knowing Our Emotions, Improving Our World: A Conversation (2007)

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