Finding Empathy in the "Awkward Zone” Ft. Jen Marr Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how to close the empathy gap.


Jen Marr is Founder and CEO of Inspiring Comfort, a social good
company founded on the belief that today’s isolated, socially
disconnected and hurting world demands that we do a better job of
caring for one another. In this episode, Jen shares how powerful
life experiences - including her work with the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting - led her to empathy work. She also
shares a daily ritual of reaching out to loved ones to offer the
reciprocal warm glow of empathy. 


00:00 Introduction


00:21 About Jen Marr


01:32 Jen’s back story to empathy work


06:38 Jen’s experience working with survivors of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting


10:02 Why supportive care is so important


12:22 How to cross the empathy gap through the "Awkward Zone"


16:38 Strategies for showing up through the Awkward Zone


19:47 The science of human care


22:55 How Jen’s work has shaped her personal life 


28:46 Jen Marr’s Purposeful Empathy Story


CONNECT WITH JEN MARR


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenmarr/ 


Website: https://www.inspiringcomfort.com/ 





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Video edited by David Tsvariani