BROADCASTS.com

b'Dr. Kristin Moody started out her career as a teacher passionate about deeply connecting with her students. That connection, and her subsequent interest in the study of empathy, propelled Kristin into a career in just that\\u2014launching Empathy at Work and spending her time studying the science behind empathy and how we connect to one another.\\xa0\\nOn this episode of The Sidewalk Talk podcast, Traci talks with Kristin on all things empathy, emotional contagion, self-care and mindfulness, and Kristin\\u2019s hopes for how the world can change for the better when it comes to empathy. In a continually more divided, and digitized, society, empathy can be hard. But it\\u2019s not impossible, and Kristin is here to give us the tools necessary to practicing empathy more authentically every day.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nEpisode Milestones\\n[00:07] Intro\\xa0\\n[02:19] Meet Dr. Kristin\\xa0\\n[05:27] Kristin\\u2019s definitions of empathy\\xa0\\xa0\\n[11:48] The physiology behind empathy and emotional contagion\\xa0\\n[21:55] Empathizing in a digital world\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n[25:35] Connecting to different types of people, self-care, and mindfulness\\xa0\\n[30:40] Meditation\\xa0\\xa0\\n[32:35] Social media\\u2019s impact on the brain\\xa0\\n[37:16] Kristin\\u2019s hopes for how the world can change\\xa0\\xa0\\n[42:53] Kristin\\u2019s word for you\\n[45:10] Outro\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nResources Mentioned\\nEmpathyAtWork.net\\nThe Mindfulness Coaching School\\n\\xa0\\nStandout Quotes from the Episode\\n\\u201cI am deeply called to learn from others, and that evolved into an understanding of what empathy is. Which I think is learning from and being allowed to be shaped by others in a way that we have a biology for and we have a physiology for.\\u201d\\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cEmpathy is a focused attention on another. The acceptance of that person\\u2019s truth without judgement. An accurate interpretation of that person\\u2019s emotional state. And then a response to that person\\u2019s state with parity.\\u201d \\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cEmpathy really just is about sitting in and holding space with someone and being able to share a feeling.\\u201d\\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cIf you have true empathy, it doesn\\u2019t have to be exhausting because it\\u2019s a choice.\\u201d\\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cI can make a decision to flip the switch at any time and really listen to somebody and practice, and I can also make the decision at any time to turn it off and move through my life, to put blinders on. But that also means that sometimes you just have to go inwards and put blinders on so that you can sit down in the right situations and totally be open-hearted.\\u201d \\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cThere are times when you can turn it off, so that when it really matters you can turn it on.\\u201d\\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\u201cThere\\u2019s just something about the idea of believing people, accepting their truth without judgement. Recognizing that their experience is different than yours or recognizing that the way that they\\u2019re experiencing something is making it different than yours.\\u201d\\u2014Dr. Kristin Moody\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nConnect:\\nFind | Sidewalk Talk Podcast\\nAt sidewalk-talk.org\\nOn Instagram: @sidewalktalkorg\\nOn Twitter: @sidewalktalkorg\\n\\xa0\\nFind | Traci Ruble\\nAt Traciruble.com\\nOn Instagram: @TraciRubleMFT\\nOn Twitter: @TraciRubleMFT\\nOn Facebook: @TraciRubleMFT\\n\\xa0\\nFind | Dr. Kristin Moody\\nAt EvolveNetwork.me\\nOn LinkedIn: @KristinMoody\\nOn Instagram: @empathy_at_work\\n\\xa0\\nSUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST\\nOn Apple Podcasts\\nOn Google Podcasts\\nOn Spotify'