Episode Details

Can you feel everything deeply and still not be knocked over by it? That is the whole trick, and it is not the same thing as going cold.

We admire the person who stays cold and gets on with business, but nobody actually wants to be disconnected. The deeper you let yourself feel, the more joy is available at the other end too. There is an unhealthy version, where you become a victim of your own empathy. Empathy is you feeling them. Compassion is about us, and what could we do.

One thing to try: Name what you are feeling right now, in one word. We are always feeling something, and mostly we ignore it.

In this episode

• (1:35) Be emotional, but not disturbable
• (4:09) Wanting to feel the grief as well as the good
• (5:27) The deeper you feel, the more joy is available
• (6:47) The unhealthy version, and becoming a victim of your empathy
• (9:31) Naming the feeling, because we are always feeling something
• (12:15) Empathy is about you. Compassion is about us
• (16:09) Reacting last night, and still turning it over
• (17:49) The ten thousand voices, and not having to do anything with them

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