The Meaning Of Empathy

What does Empathy mean?

Empathy is being present in the moment.
It is feeling that is happening without involving the past or the future.
Empathy is a mirroring an experience of another’s emotions,
whether it be happy or sad joy or sorrow.
It is an energy of the moment- one person with another.
It is a conversation with your eyes, your heart and your soul.
Words are not empathy.
Empathy is a state of being;
you know it as a feeling of being connected one person to another.
 
 
Last night a group of brilliant leaders joined in a conversation at #leadfromwithin tweetchat.  
 

My amazing co host was @tanveesernesser we explored the meaning, essence and traits of empathy.
 
 
What I discovered and learned is that EMPATHY has the ability to be defined in many ways.
I have decided to share with you the wisdom, the knowledge and the brilliance of these fine folks.
 
 
From my co host:  @TanveerNaseer: It means being aware of & understanding person’s feelings & how that impactstheir perception
 
 
@LollyDaskal: Empathy is different from sympathy, as sympathy does not necessarily involve understanding
@lollydaskal: A1: Empathy is the understanding of the emotional state of another individual.
 
 
@elincomm: Empathy means an open heart.
 
 
@JFeskorn: To have the ability to feel how someone else feels
 
 
@StrategicMonk: Empathy is the ability to appreciate things from someone else’s perspective; to feel their feelings
 
 
@gldunnjr: Empathy is an awareness or understanding of some1’s pain or frustration
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@dapancost: Empathy is the ability and willingness to put yourself in the other persons shoes, and allow them to impact us
 
 
@jesselynstoner: Empathy doesnt mean I know what you are feeling. It means I know how you are feeling
 
 
@DrGregWaddell: A4 Empathy comes not fm intellectual pursuits but through expanded experience.
 
 
@womanonajourney: The ability to feel what another is feeling.
@Josepf: Key: Empathy does not mean agreement.  Just deeply listening & co-feeling what they feel.
 
 
@OPFEnterprises: Understanding

 
 
@Cjanebe: It matters to care about other p[eople because we must understand our connection to the whole–we do not exist in isolation
 
 
@Chriscarroll50 Some people are naturally empathic, others learn it by practice
 
 
@KnowledgeBishop Empathy is acquired through trials: One must feel first, in order to “feel for
 
 
@scedmonds:empathy means I demonstrate concern for & listen to reach understanding of others ideas & feelings.
 
 
@TerriKlass: Empathy is being able to put yourself in someone else’s place.
 
 
@2gracinginfinity: Empathy=a deep soulful connection w/someone else’s story b/c u’ve been there or can feel it in ur own heart
 
 
@helenantholis: Empathy is the sense of oneness with another
 
 
@stevelaswell: Empathy is the ability to see,understand and give grace to another person
 
 
@john_paul: Empathy is an innate quality we are born with that empowers us to learn languages, it can be refined and developed.
 
 
@GRIT08: Acknowledging your view is round not square it has no corners.
 
 
@morrismichellek: When you have empathy, your heart has bigger ears than your head!
 
 
@sweetieberry: Empathy is the awareness of feelings and responses from their perspective, that may or may not be your own
 
 
@healthyolga: Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand, & appreciate the feelings of others – to put yourself in their shoes.
 
 
@UrResumeConsult: The ability to share another’s feelings
 
 
@earthliz: Empathetic people ask questions and remember the answers
 
 
@Simon_GB: To listen with your heart and hear with your emotions
 
 
@Versalytics: Our ability to empathize allows us to respond in a way that is meaningful for that person  
 
@jpgtx: A1: Intentional attempt to identify/connect/understand as best as possible with another.
 
 
@2jimweible: Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of another. Sympathy is actually feeling the feelings of the other
 
 
@PatRobeck1ofHis: Being able to listen to another’s entire story, without interjecting and without offering solutions, unless asked
 
 

@juanortiztweets:  Empathy means to look at every situation with an open mind, and an open heart.
 
 
@EdwardColozzi: Empathy=putting urself inside Heart&Mind of another w unconditional love 2 more fully appreciate their world
 
 
@jjunebrown: Empathy means feeling with, being with, a unity of self and other. Compassion.
 
 
 @heart_path: Empathy enables me to consider another’s perspective; to imagine what they are seeing, feeling, and experiencing.
 
 
@Woody_Woodcock: empathy means an authentic attempt at understanding what it might be like to be in someone’s situation
 
 
@c3p0tater: a deep emotional understanding of another’s feelings or problems
 
 
To read the rest please visit: Transcript The Role of Empathy In Leadership
 
 
Tell me what your thoughts are on EMPATHY.
 
 
An AUDIO GIFT from me to YOU:  The ESSENCE OF EMPATHY

 
 
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