Empathy is a fashionable concept that is inviting itself into thoughts about relationship professions. The most common injunction concerns people in positions of authority. "The manager must be ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so what better time to brush up on some commonly used terms? Most people know that empathy and sympathy involve understanding other people’s emotions and ...

Whenever you utilize sympathy and empathy in your life, you’re sharing the very best of what you can offer both yourself and others. That’s why it’s important for all of us to manage the role they ...

When a friend is suffering from some misfortune, loss, or stressful experience, we want to be able to commiserate in a way that is both helpful and supportive. Whether it’s a physical problem, like a ...

Something bad has happened to all of us. The loss of a loved one, an illness, a car crash, or even smaller things like a missed concert or an argument with a partner. When these unfortunate events ...

Having empathy for other people goes a long way in fostering strong relationships. In fact, empathy is a fundamental building block for conflict resolution and understanding and bonding with others.

I’m beginning to feel sorry for sympathy. It was once such an honorable impulse. Humble, sincere, caring. Sympathy was meant for people who suffered or had less. In its most modest form, a sympathy ...

‘Soft skills’ often get a bad rap. Most of us think of them as secondary to our primary job functions. But to be an effective leader, we have to do the hard things including work on what we term soft ...

Some conservative Christians view empathy as a weakness that can harm Western Civilization. Others argue that empathy is a core Christian value, essential for following Jesus's teachings and the ...

What are the limits of empathy in war? That’s the question that Joanna Chen, a liberal writer and translator who is Jewish and lives in Israel, probed in an essay about her struggles since Oct. 7 to ...