What is Empathy?

Part of of the brilliant RSA Shorts series // Espresso for the mind. 3.8 million people have watched this 3min animation  on “What is empathy and why is it so different to sympathy “

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.

To Watch Dr Brené Brown’s full talk ‘The Power of Vulnerability’ click here:

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.

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