Empathy and its 3 types- Cognitive, Emotional, and Compassionate.

Anatomy of Change

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🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Anatomy of Change podcast, Seth explores the concept of empathy, discussing its three types: cognitive, emotional, and compassionate empathy. He delves into the psychological roots of empathy, emotional projection, and the importance of moral and spiritual sensitivity. Seth emphasizes the need for setting boundaries to prevent empathy from turning into enabling behavior and offers practical tips for empaths to manage their responses effectively. The conversation highlights the significance of self-care and the ability to change at any moment. Empathy can be a powerful tool for connection and healing. There are three types of empathy: cognitive, emotional, and compassionate. Understanding the psychological roots of empathy can help us navigate our responses. Emotional projection can lead us to react to our own pain rather than others'. Setting boundaries is crucial for maintaining healthy empathy. Empathy should not turn into enabling behavior. Self-care is essential for those who are highly empathetic. Recognizing our empathic responses can help us honor our feelings. The only way out of pain is through it. Change can happen at any moment when we decide to take action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Drum intro.
0:01.0	Oh, yeah.
0:02.0	All right, guys.
0:04.0	What is up?
0:05.0	Welcome to an Anatomy of Change podcast.
0:07.0	My name is Seth Studley.
0:08.0	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist in Washington and now Florida, and hopefully
0:13.0	possibly soon in Texas.
0:15.0	So see more clients there.
0:17.0	And welcome to the show you guys.
0:18.0	What up?
0:19.0	I'm also a high-performance marriage and life coach
0:22.6	and helping people change to break free from all kinds of things that have helped them back.
0:29.1	And they don't want to do it anymore, right?
0:30.9	In families, and marriages, in couples, relationships, in individuals and families, careers, all this stuff.
0:36.6	So welcome to the show, guys. What's up?
0:39.7	Today I have a fun episode that just hit me a couple days ago, and I realized, like, I've been
0:46.3	thinking this way for a very long time. And so today we're going to be talking about empathy.
0:52.2	And I don't know if you know this, but there are three types of empathy, cognitive, emotional, and compassionate empathy.
0:59.8	I'm going to talk about each one, give you guys some psychoeducation here, and talk about a story, how I discovered this recurring theme with me.
1:10.7	And I'm going to tell you some of the psychological
1:12.6	impacts of it so so some some mental health stuff and how empathy can be a good thing but also
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