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- 7 - accessHealthNews.net March 2022 Volume 8 | Issue No. 55 E mpathy -- the ability to understand and share the feel- ings of another -- often sparks an emotional response and ignites our motivation to help people around us. For example, after the gruesome video of George Floyd's mur- der in 2020 circulated endlessly, the country was moved to fight back. Protestors rushed to the streets demanding justice, accountability, and revolutionary change. But as social media flooded with countless videos and examples of police brutality, it became clear that Floyd's murder was one drop in an ocean, and our capacity for empathy quickly burnt out. To combat this, Lively Paradox CEO Dr. Nicole Price is calling for an Empathy Revolution. Dr. Price spent a decade working in the engineering in- dustry before leading other engineers and technical pro- fessionals, at which point she realized her brain didn't work like her colleagues'. She was coached to adjust her leadership style to meet the needs of her team, but soon realized she wanted to find a way to develop others with- out inherently changing who they are. In 2016, Dr. Price started Lively Paradox with the intent to help leaders dis- cover how to best serve their team while remaining true to themselves. Part of her work covers diversity and inclusion, sometimes focusing specifically on race-related work, which was largely affected by the Floyd tragedy and the wave of ra- cial consciousness that followed. "My first experience with that was in 1992 with Rodney King, but I got to see it this time as an adult," Dr. Price said. "I was nervous because people were moving so fast, that I anticipated there was going to be a regression, that people were going to quick- ly stall out – and that's exactly what happened." Dr. Price has launched an Empathy Revolution, helping people understand how empathy can be used as a tool to turn the desire to do something into actionable advo- cacy. She believes there are three facets of empathy that are necessary to create a more inclusive world: the ability to feel what other people feel, to be moved to do some- thing about those feelings, and to be able to respond ap- propriately. To effectively help others and create lasting change, a foundation of empathy is needed, as well as a true understanding of others' experiences. When we rush to respond without this foundation, advocacy movements fizzle out as quickly as they begin. UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY While there are several types of empathy, Dr. Price's rev- olution is driven by radical empathy, a term coined by her thought partner and colleague, Dr. Ian Roberts, who helped her develop her own empathy skills. "When I think of a radical person, I think of someone who advocates," she said. An advocate who not only is an ally or says they believe in something, but actually acts on their beliefs for the purpose of reform, change, or a larger goal. Though radical in terms of a noun may be an advocate, the adjective meaning of radical describes an obscene level of something. "What would it look like if we took the three aspects of empathy – feeling what others feel, be- ing moved to do something, and responding appropri- ately – and we did that with the sole purpose of being advocates to create social reform, and we were going to do it to such a degree that people think it's obscene? That's how I think about radical empathy," Dr. Price said. "It's a relentless focus on being empathetic." "Dr. Price has launched an Empathy Revolution, helping people understand how empathy can be used as a tool to turn the desire to do something into actionable advocacy." READ MORE Dr. Nicole Price CEO, Lively Paradox

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