Can Empathy Be Taught or Learned? How to Teach Empathy to Your Kids BONUS

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Empathy has become a big buzzword over the past few years, and, chances are you’ve wondered if your spouse, your kids, or your boss lacks empathy altogether? Or are you the one you’re worried about? In this special bonus episode, Tony combines a 2-part episode on empathy from 2018 into one and covers 10 evidence-based methods for teaching, modeling, and nurturing empathy. The Magnetic Marriage Course is a hit! You can sign up now to get in the queue for round 2 by heading to http://tonyoverbay.com/magentic (http://tonyoverbay.com/magentic). The course is scheduled to open for sign-ups in the third week of April. Please subscribe to The Virtual Couch YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/ (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/) and follow The Virtual Couch on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/virtualcouch/ (https://www.instagram.com/virtualcouch/) This episode of The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) With the continuing “sheltering” rules that are spreading across the country PLEASE do not think that you can’t continue or begin therapy now. http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) can put you quickly in touch with licensed mental health professionals who can meet through text, email, or videoconference often as soon as 24-48 hours. And if you use the link http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) you will receive 10% off your first month of services. Please make your own mental health a priority, http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch)offers affordable counseling, and they even have sliding scale options if your budget is tight. Tony's FREE parenting course, “Tips For Parenting Positively Even In the Not So Positive Times” is available NOW. Just go to https://www.tonyoverbay.com/courses-2/ (https://www.tonyoverbay.com/courses-2/)and sign up today. This course will help you understand why it can be so difficult to communicate with and understand your children. You’ll learn how to keep your buttons hidden, how to genuinely give praise that will truly build inner wealth in your child, teen, or even in your adult children, and you’ll learn how to move from being “the punisher” to being someone your children will want to go to when they need help.Tony's new best-selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBoTony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4). The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields.You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts.Tony mentioned a product that he used to take out all of the "uh's" and "um's" that, in his words, "must be created by wizards and magic!" because it's that good! To learn more about Descript click here

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to a special bonus episode of the virtual couch.
0:09.9	I am your host, as per usual, Tony Overbay.
0:12.2	I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, and I am going to try to make this one of the world's quickest beginnings because I have a two-part bonus episode that I have combined into one where we are going
0:22.5	to talk about empathy. No doubt, it's been a big buzzword over the past few years. Chances
0:27.6	are you've wondered if your spouse or kids or maybe your boss or your extended family lack
0:32.7	empathy altogether, or are you the one you're worried about? Have you had people say to you, I don't feel like you're
0:38.3	very empathetic? And do you know what the difference is between empathy and sympathy? Because
0:42.8	there's a big difference. I'm telling you now, if you've had any of those thoughts or questions,
0:47.8	then you've come to the right place. Because in this two-part episode, I'm looking at three
0:53.2	components of empathy, what really breaks down
0:56.3	the definition of empathy.
0:58.5	And I'm going to cover 10 evidence-based methods for teaching, modeling, and nurturing empathy.
1:04.6	So we're going to get to that and plenty more coming up on the virtual couch.
1:08.7	But I will promise to make this the quickest intro possible
1:13.6	and just say that if you've been listening to the podcast the last few weeks, you'll know
1:17.7	that my Magnetic Marriage course is about to launch round two. And the first round was just
1:23.2	incredibly wonderful and powerful. So please head over to tonyoverbay.com slash magnetic and sign out, sign out, sign up,
1:31.1	sign up, don't sign out.
1:32.7	And you'll find out more about when the launch of the second round is, because it's coming
1:36.7	up in a week or two.
1:37.9	And I, of course, would always encourage anyone to head over to virtual couch on Instagram
1:41.6	or Tony Overbay licensed marriage and family therapist on Facebook, as well as check out pathback recovery.com.
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