Robust Empathy
Expanding Our Circle of Care
Empathy is the ability
to understand and share another person's feelings.
empathy for our in-group often simultaneously
limits our brain’s capacity to care for those who are different.
Yet, neuroscience reveals a challenge:
Robust Empathy transcends this “shadow of empathy” by
intentionally expanding our care beyond in-groups.
Robust Empathy goes beyond instinctive empathy
by consciously:
Openly recognizing blind spots in our gut reactions.
Thoughtfully exploring shadows of the human condition.
Actively extending care to out-groups.
The practice of Robust Empathy involves
these intentional steps:
2.Cultivating mindful pauses before responding
3.Acting consciously to deepen understanding
1.Recognizing our tendency to favor in-groups
These practices have the power:
to foster transformative outcomes,
and nurturing deeper connections among individuals.
strengthening the social glue in our societies
"Robust Empathy challenges us
to expand our boundaries of care."
- Aki Sparkle -
Robust Empathy
By crossingborderseducation
