The Empathy Trap: Lessons from Contemplative Medicine | Jud Brewer | New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
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The Empathy Trap: Lessons from Contemplative Medicine | Jud Brewer | New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
How do we practice the art of holding others without losing ourselves?
adrienne maree brown • Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation (Emergent Strategy Series)
You lose the perspective that they are, in fact, so much more than their emotions and their suffering. Your capacity as a healer and a leader is greatly reduced,
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
Our work also must be interwoven with compassion. Keeping the heart open while connecting on an empathetic level is essential. Certainly, we shouldn’t “out-cry” a bereaved mother, but we companion best when we allow ourselves to be moved by loss. We companion best when we walk alongside a bereaved family without trying to “fix” their pain. Their gr
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