tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619981771122989837.post2535503229077067655..comments2023-03-19T01:43:29.299-07:00Comments on Yael Brisker: Empathy's such a tricky thing!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619981771122989837.post-42315368908394676612010-05-20T07:16:07.329-07:002010-05-20T07:16:07.329-07:00Hi Christine
Thank you for your meaningful comment...Hi Christine<br />Thank you for your meaningful comment..it resonates for me. It's not to say that as coaches, or as friends, or in any relationship we cannot offer solutions...rather, in NVC (Nonviolent Communication), we offer empathy Before anything else. As Marshall Rosenberg puts it: When there is a certain quality of connection - the solutions find us! Thanks again!Yael Briskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035568133421989488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8619981771122989837.post-89111170467394357632010-05-20T04:05:50.342-07:002010-05-20T04:05:50.342-07:00Hi Yael,
It is so easy to offer solutions, as you...Hi Yael,<br /><br />It is so easy to offer solutions, as your post so beautifully illustrates.<br /><br />Problem solving is a way of interacting, but perhaps it lacks an intimacy that empathy instead demands of us.<br /><br />Curiously in both my coaching and therapy work with adults, it's empathy that moves people on more quickly. Empathy is validating. It gives people a deep experience that, whatever it is they're going through is okay, no matter how distressing. And the human connection itself allows a kind of healing that a problem solving approach does not.<br /><br />Thanks for a lovely post!Christine Livingstonhttp://www.adifferentkindofwork.comnoreply@blogger.com