Psychologist On How To Be More Empathic | Empathetic

What should be taught is to have the right amount of empathy. You can have too little and have too much. It's why temperance is a virtue. If you have too little you can't understand other people's perspectives. If you have too much you are allowing yourself to be used by narcissists and psychopaths. When you constantly put others ahead of yourself, which is what too much empathy leads to you, you forget to love yourself. If you don't love yourself. No one else will. Everything must be balanced. Empathy can be beautiful and destructive. It's not only good. The amount matters. Too much empathy also leads to enabling.

If this was taught in every school the world would be a far happier place. Thank you.

This was really helpful to me I’m a naturally selfish person and I want to be a better friend to people and create genuine connections with friends rather than superficial ones so I’m hoping these tips can help me thank you so much 💙🙏🏼

Empathy adds muscle to the duty of care we owe each other. Thank you.

You can't learn how to be nice, they said. Sure you can! I'm honestly surprised how this isn't taught in school. This is such an important aspect in relationships and your video helped me understand so much. I used to force solutions onto others, not realizing its not about giving solutions. It's about being there and understanding the other person, thank you so much for releasing this content for free 💙🙏🏼

“Ready to be surprised” So beautifully put!

Using this as a new social experiment for getting better at empathy instead of just saying "You'll be alright" or "It's nothing big"

My guru taught..."Truth is the gateway to love..." Seek truth... and you will find love... "You can't give away something you don't have..." Wayne Dyer 😍😍

This is good news! Empathy can be learned!

Sadly we live in a world where most think they are the centre of the universe and have forgotten to listen to others. Hope people become more empathetic and half the world problems will be solved

The world is in a such a dark place. We need more of this type of content!

Patrick King’s, “How to Listen, Hear & Validate” is a GREAT book. Read it 3xs, typed all the suggested validation statements in my ph, read them 2-3xs per week. Ppl, (esp women) open up to me like CRAZY!! Dope vid btw. He mentions everything you’ve stated in his book.

Thank you so much for this! Extremely helpful.

Thankyou for simplifying. And your formula is easy.

Sehr wertvoll… Danke Maika für deine Videos 🥰

Thank you for sharing this in such a thoughtful way!

1 Listen 2 Ask for Elaboration 3 Paraphrasing 4 Verbalized 5 Validate

Hi maika, thankyou so much! You helped me a lot in solving my problems.i wish you a great success...

Thank you for this video, much appreciated!

Very informative. The world needs, especially that people are so much stressed