Improved Empathy with Mindfulness

So often when in conversation we’re not fully attentive to the talker. The story of what we believe about the person begins to play out in our minds, and not only this, our attention is directed toward what it is we need to say to reinforce our position and beliefs. Our resistance to fully listening to the talker is due to our need to compound our own identity. To do this we judge and compare. With all this noise internally it really is a wonder we hear anything.

So rather than this, when we listen mindfully – have our attention 100% fixed on the talker without our own dialog interfering – we will notice something remarkable

Without your internal script – your own story, resistance, judgements and comparisons – going on in the background, this renewed stillness, opens up your empathic responses. You will begin to feel the other person and they will respond accordingly. Favourably. It’s a win win situation.

Silence your internal noise through mindfulness. You will improve your empathy toward others – your experience of people – and they will feel loved, and above all, deeply heard.