The Six Essential Aspects of Empathy Ft. Karla McLaren Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn more about empathy from one of the world’s leading human emotion experts. Karla McLaren is an award-winning author, researcher, empathy expert, and founder of Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy. In this episode, she walks us through her Six Essential Aspects of Empathy. She also describes why she has empathy for those who are often in “empathy exile” - including men, people on the Autism spectrum, narcissists, and even psychopaths. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About Karla McLaren 03:06 What’s the history of the word empathy? 06:24 The “broccoli-Goldfish study” and early reasoning about desire 10:08 How Karla frames empathy 12:28 Empathizing with folk in “empathy exile” 21:00 Karla’s opinion about those who are "against empathy" 23:03 Karla's "Six Essential Aspects of Empathy" 31:00 About Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy 34:46 Why shame is a precursor to empathy 38:49 Is empathy a necessary skill for leadership? 41:56 Karla McLaren’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH KARLA MCLAREN ✩ Website: https://karlamclaren.com   ✩ Empathy Academy Website: https://empathyacademy.org   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