Empathy is a magic ingredient.  Add it, and everyone and everything improves.  

The research shows patients are more like to follow their doctor’s recommendations if their doctor scores high on empathy.  Marriages are happier when the partners are empathic.  Those who practice empathy are less anxious and less stressed.  

Empathy involves withholding judgment, taking the other person’s perspective, recognizing emotion in other people, and communicating that back. 

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