To listen to Edwin’s Rutsch’s interview and conversation with Lou Agosta on Sept 1, 2026. Play interview by clicking here: Edwin Rutsch Interviews Lou Agosta [ https://youtu.be/4jQe9ccVfM8?si=lwVibcPIN8D67v3w%5D The following summary was generated by AI by Edwin Rutsch (and Lou). Edwin… Read More ›
Empathy Lessons Training Seminar (ELTS) Empathy is oxygen for the soul. Short of breath? Maybe one needs expanded empathy. Get some empathy and expand yours in this seminar. A rigorous and critical empathy says: I know what you feel because… Read More ›
Radical empathy is attained when standard empathy honors the commitment to empathize in the face of empathic distress – the reaction on the part of audiences to circumstances in which tragic protagonists become entangled.This is empathy the “hard way,” and it is rare. However, no other way exists of attaining radical empathy than through empathy pure-and-simple….
The first casualty of war is truth—the second is empathy. Empathy has to call for backup. The backup is in the form of radical empathy.
Cross the street away from the neighbor to “down regulate” your empathy, and experience less empathic distress; and cross the street towards your neighbor to expand your empathy in the direction of creating an inclusive community of persons, who recognize the value of cooperation.
Empathy Lessons 