Building Empathy Through Positive Emotions

Are you looking to be more empathetic in your life with the people around you? When you find yourself feeling an emotion in the category of positive interest, it could be anticipation, or you're feeling really focused, or just mind blown, harness that feeling and write about it. What made you feel that way? What was the situation? Then create something: use your creativity, art, music, drawing, stories, anything like that. And then whatever you created, share it with someone in your life that you feel safe with. I want you to ask that person open-ended questions. By listening to them without any agenda, you'll be able to develop more empathy for them. So, make eye contact, notice their micro-expressions, mirror their posture, tone of voice, and listen with your whole self. Following these steps will help you build more empathy with others in your life.

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