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MC04-Lesson 2: Understanding Empathy

🧩 Empathy

Learning Outcome

Identify the components of empathy and social awareness (Think).

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Three Forms of Empathy

Empathy is the ability to feel with or understand another’s experience—even if it differs from your own.

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Cognitive Empathy

Understanding someone’s perspective.

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Emotional Empathy

Feeling with someone.

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Compassionate Empathy

Understanding + feeling + supportive action.

Empathy as an Invitation

Empathy “extends the invitation”—it welcomes people into emotional safety.

Walking Alongside

You don’t need to fix someone’s journey; you accompany them for a moment.