Summer Bonus Episode #1: The Power—and Limits—of Empathy

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of empathy and its societal implications through a conversation with guests from another podcast.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Steph T. and Steph L. from Becoming Human AF Podcast for a thought-provoking conversation about empathy—what it is, how it shows up in our lives, and where it sometimes runs thin. Together, we unpack: 🔹 How our own empathy influences how we perceive others’ empathy 🔹 The unfair societal expectations that ask women to over-empathize and assume men don’t at all 🔹 The tension between being a listener and being a fixer 🔹 The role of empathy in ...

People in this episode

Guests: Steph T., Steph L.

Topics covered

• empathy
• societal expectations
• gender roles
• listening
• fixing

Keywords

• empathy
• society
• gender
• listening
• expectations

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Organizations: Becoming Human AF Podcast

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