Something bad has happened to all of us. The loss of a loved one, an illness, a car crash, or even smaller things like a missed concert or an argument with a partner. When these unfortunate events ...

On October 29, the Assam Rifles Public School in collaboration with Project Empathy spearheaded by Vibha Joshi hosted the programme, “I Am With You” an art exhibition on “Empathy,” at the All Saints ...

When a friend is suffering from some misfortune, loss, or stressful experience, we want to be able to commiserate in a way that is both helpful and supportive. Whether it’s a physical problem, like a ...

Ten years ago, on Feb. 1, 2014, my wife Margie died. We were married for 50 years and eight months, and I still think of her every day. I always have a picture of her in my head and like remembering ...

Whenever you utilize sympathy and empathy in your life, you’re sharing the very best of what you can offer both yourself and others. That’s why it’s important for all of us to manage the role they ...

Empathy, and it close relative sympathy, have long been proposed, and have been found in research related to and motivating people to help others. Understanding how another feels, cognitive empathy, ...

I’m beginning to feel sorry for sympathy. It was once such an honorable impulse. Humble, sincere, caring. Sympathy was meant for people who suffered or had less. In its most modest form, a sympathy ...

‘Soft skills’ often get a bad rap. Most of us think of them as secondary to our primary job functions. But to be an effective leader, we have to do the hard things including work on what we term soft ...