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[Speaker Tish Jennings]:
Compassion is very different than empathy.

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However, in order to feel compassion,
we need empathy.

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So empathy is the ability to feel with
somebody, to know,

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to recognize that they're suffering.

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So that's important.

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But if I am overly empathetic,
it can become distressing.

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So if I'm with somebody who's suffering
and I'm empathizing with them,

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I can start feeling really uncomfortable
because I'm feeling with them.

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If I can shift that feeling from this
distress of empathy to this feeling of

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care, of wanting to help,
of wishing for them not to suffer,

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that is a really different feeling.

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That is actually a a feeling that it
feels good.

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So learning how to cultivate compassion
intentionally can help us manage distress

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when we are trying to help others.

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So it's not difficult to learn how to
cultivate feelings of compassion and

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extend those feelings to others.

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And I'm going to guide you through a
simple compassion practice that will help

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you first recognize the feeling of being
cared for yourself.

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Like,
what does it feel like to receive

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compassion from another?

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And then what does it feel like to extend
that feeling of compassion to another?

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