Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'.

It's really a spiritual practice that I am trying to show as a way of life.

Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them empathically.

An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathically hold both parts of ourselves-the self that regrets a past action and the self that took the action in the first place.

In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs.

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words at all, it's because you are not sure you are with the person. So you may say some words. But the words are not empathy. Empathy is when the other person feels the connection with what's alive in you.

How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.