Sustaining the Energy for Continuous Empathy

Empathy-Driven DevelopmentSelf-Care
Written By Ellen Leonard

Speaker: Andrea Goulet

Empathy takes energy, and it isn’t easy. When our distress levels go up, our capacity for empathy goes down. During these critical moments for connection, habits of disconnection can override our ability to show up for others and implement our good intentions. In this presentation, participants will learn how to execute empathy continuously and sustainably.

By using a behavioral model of applied empathy, participants will begin to develop the skills required to:  

  • Harness compassion as a power source for connection and communication

  • Move beyond the destructive defense cycles of burnout and blowups

  • Identify individual patterns of behavior that move us away from and towards empathy

  • Navigate distress and disconnection and reconnect with empathy that is balanced and sustainable

Ellen Leonard
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