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"Empathy drives connection, sympathy drives disconnection."

In this episode Lizzie and Hannah ask what empathy is, how it works, and whether it's useful when you're disagreeing with people. We cover kindness, compassion, and ask if empathy in a disagreement is the same as acceptance of someone's dislikeable point of view?

This episode features the following fabulous guests:

Duncan Fraser - https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/duncan-fraser

Ashley Duncan - https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/ashley-duncan

Bella Gibbins - https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/bella-gibbins

Liz Letsoalo - https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/liz-letsoalo

An episode on Power & Privilege is in the works - check back in 2022, but for now you can listen to Liz’s and in fact all our guests’ full interviews on our website: https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/podcast

• Brene Brown video on empathy vs sympathy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
• Hyper Empathy Syndrome - the condition Duncan refers to about a woman passing out:

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/blog/2020/07/10/what-is-empathy-disorder#accept-cookies

• Details of the Italian study that Duncan refers to about mirror neurons: https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct05/mirror
• Butterflies in the stomach that Duncan mentions - linked to the “gut brain” - New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/23/science/complex-and-hidden-brain-in-gut-makes-stomachaches-and-butterflies.html
• Ashley talks about person-centred therapy: https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/person-centred-counselling/
• Ashely also talks about “conditions of worth”: https://counsellingtutor.com/conditions-of-worth/
• Studies on childhood as a fundamental indicator for empathy development (as referenced by Ashley) - interesting article on how empathy develops in children here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/smart-parenting-smarter-kids/201905/how-children-develop-empathy - though there is LOADS online if you just google developing empathy in children etc.

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