No Matter How You Say It: Empathy
In Other Languages
Spanish – empatía
French – empathie
German – empathie
Italian – empatia
Finnish- empatia
Polish – empatia
Zulu – uzwela
Word Origin
The origin of the word Empathy comes from German Einfühlung (from ein “in” + Fühlung “feeling”).
Can you see how Empathy is getting “in” the feelings of others?
Sign Language
Can you see how Empathy is the recognizing a feeling of the heart and Callous is a break from the heart?
Empathy Idioms and Phrases
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Put Yourself in Someone’s Shoes
Pour One’s Heart Out
Soft-hearted
All Ears
Give a hoot
I feel your pain
I hear what you are saying
Listen with your heart
See things from your side
Have a heart for someone
Relate to someone
See with someone else’s eyes
Be in your skin