Nature’s Cure for Our Empathy Deficit Ft. Kyra Mesich Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn what flower essences can teach us about empathy.  Dr. Kyra Mesich is a clinical psychologist and author of The Strength of Sensitivity who has worked at the forefront of holistic emotional wellbeing for more than 2 years using flower essence therapy, yoga, hypnotherapy, and Indigenous healing traditions. In this episode, Kyra discusses how nature can nurture empathy, why fear is the cause of our empathy deficit, and how we can tune into our “Empathic Solar Plexus."  00:00 Introduction 00:21 About Dr. Kyra Mesich 01:45 How Kyra defines empathy  04:11 Embodied Empathy: why Kyra specializes in working with sensitive people  14:08 The importance of holistic health treatments  15:16 What is Flower Essence Therapy? 22:05 Treating depression with flower essences 23:55 Healing our emotional wounds and combating emotional contagion with Yarrow 27:41 Maintaining our energetic hygiene with Yarrow flowers  31:30 How fear is at the root of our empathy deficit  35:13 Empathic Solar Plexus: A guided meditation 39:13 Reconnecting to empathy through nature 40:52 Pausing to recharge our empathy 42:38 Dr. Kyra Mesich’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH DR. KYRA MESICH ✩ Website: https://drkyra.com  ✩ Empathic Solar Plexus meditation: https://youtu.be/xZDssIDg0zA CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected]   ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/   ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast Video edited by David Tsvariani