Empathy and Sympathy

[David Baxter PhD]

Dec 10, 2013
What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Bren? 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.

Voice: Dr Bren? Brown
Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) Home | Gobblynne | Animation, Illustration

Watch Dr Bren? Brown's full talk, The Power of Vulnerability, here:



Dr Bren? 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.

 

[rdw]

I absolutely love Brene Brown's books. Her work helped me get through some of the darkest periods of my life.

 

[forgetmenot]

I would love to have her as a professor she makes everything so clear to understand