Empathy and Emotional Awareness Ft. Karla McLaren Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to discover how Karla McLaren delves into the
power of empathy and emotional understanding, sharing practical
tools for emotional regulation and insights from her revised
book, The Language of Emotions. 





Karla McLaren is an award-winning author, educator, workplace
consultant, and social science researcher. She is the author of
The Art of Empathy, a guide to understanding and harnessing the
power of empathy by offering valuable insights and practical
techniques. In this episode, Karla draws from her deep empathy
expertise to discuss a wide range of topics including the
transformative power of empathy, emotional vocabulary, and
"conscious complaining" for better connections across life
contexts.





00:00   Preview


00:28   Introduction 


00:18   About Karla McLaren


02:31   Karla’s backstory


05:03   Karla's journey of learning from emotions


08:13   Practices to identify emotions


10:56   The importance of self-awareness


12:48   Why mindfulness helps us sense our emotions


15:18   Understanding empathic styles


17:45   What is the “state matching” form of empathy?


21:55   Empathic communication practices


25:18   How can parents read emotions with empathy?


30:22   Six fears of emotions


33:47   Strategies to overcome exam anxiety


37:11   Karla McLaren’s Purposeful Empathy story





CONNECT WITH ANITA


Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 


Website https://www.anitanowak.com


Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy
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CONNECT WITH KARLA


Email info@emotiondynamics.org


Website https://karlamclaren.com/a-new-community-space/


LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-mclaren-m-ed-17b947a2/


Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karlamclaren.m.ed/





SHOW NOTES


The Language of Emotions


Empathy Academy





Video edited by David Tsvariani