Tag Archives: empathy

Why Women Are Better At Bonding Instantly

The emotional affinity women share with each other transcends geographical, language, cultural and age barriers since their cares, constraints and concerns are universal.

Validation — art of offering support without the need to endorse

It is not just individuals who seek validation, but sometimes an entire community, people, and even nations need validation of their collective experience.

Lessons in compassion on a train journey

A terrible migraine interspersed with the conversation of my fellow passengers taught me a lot of things and made me think — about the need for compassion and how dangerous the lack of it can be especially among wannabe social ‘reformers.’

Listening with your heart

Listening is an art, a therapy, a spiritual act, no less. But for listening to be effective, the listener has to do it with her heart, else the one being listened to finds no solace.