What About Receiving Empathy?
We’ve learned to give empathy. But can we let ourselves receive it? Take a breath We talk a lot about building empathy. About giving it. Being an empath. Holding space for others. But I don’t hear us talk enough about receiving empathy, especially when we’re the ones who need it most. It’s a big miss. Especially for those of us healing from trauma. Many of us are naturally empathetic toward others, but often, we’re the ones most in need of empathy, from ourselves, and from others. Yes, we talk about self-compassion. And I’m all for it. I did the full 8-week program and loved it. I highly recommend it (link here). But something else is also true: healing doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in community. And this year,...
