Empathy Deficit Disorder (EDD) is a term found in a book titled The New Resilience by Douglas L.A. Bier, Ph.D. Based on his research and studies in behavioral health, L.A. Bier determined that EDD is a pervasive condition in America and a greatly overlooked condition. People have a difficult time stepping outside themselves and dialing into […]
Defining Empathy
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus Finch Empathy is deeply valuing other people and developing understanding of what others are feeling through shared experience. To be truly empathetic, you have to raise your […]
Love is in the Air!
It that time of year when the heart shape Valentines begin popping up in advertisements, stores, social media and in many other places. It is also a season that there is a special fondness to an awesome 4 letter word. Not a bad word, but a positive word that in our world seems to […]