Loved this talk! Emotional freedom does allow us to be empathetic without losing our way. I experience this all the time as a Veterinarian who provides end of life care and euthanasia for my client’s dying pets. I can be there for the family, even cry with them but not allow that sadness to derail me. I am learning so much from these talks on Substack❤️
On a serious note, I am onboard with the whole notion of too much empathy being a thing. The way I see it is that it’s an issue if it leads to empathetic distress fatigue (like the people-pleasers) and leads to burnout and poor health. If that’s happening then that’s just a sign that is unable to be empathetic without absorbing their feeling. Healthy empathy could be infinite if one is also to say that the other person is the source of the emotion and it’s not my own. I think that’s one good quality I have when I think about it.
And as far as compassion goes, there is no reason to ever believe compassion is a problem. Compassion is not resonating with another’s emotion like empathy - it is more about feeling a concern about one’s suffering and being motivated to help. Prosocial and altruistic motivation. You can’t burnout of too much love and compassion.
Loved this talk! Emotional freedom does allow us to be empathetic without losing our way. I experience this all the time as a Veterinarian who provides end of life care and euthanasia for my client’s dying pets. I can be there for the family, even cry with them but not allow that sadness to derail me. I am learning so much from these talks on Substack❤️
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On a serious note, I am onboard with the whole notion of too much empathy being a thing. The way I see it is that it’s an issue if it leads to empathetic distress fatigue (like the people-pleasers) and leads to burnout and poor health. If that’s happening then that’s just a sign that is unable to be empathetic without absorbing their feeling. Healthy empathy could be infinite if one is also to say that the other person is the source of the emotion and it’s not my own. I think that’s one good quality I have when I think about it.
And as far as compassion goes, there is no reason to ever believe compassion is a problem. Compassion is not resonating with another’s emotion like empathy - it is more about feeling a concern about one’s suffering and being motivated to help. Prosocial and altruistic motivation. You can’t burnout of too much love and compassion.
So good brother. Join us next week
🙏🙏Definitely
Yo Danny! Let’s go 🙌