We need a definition of the words that we are using.
The word empathy is defined in various ways. Below we will define how were are using it and related words.
Empathy
Means to sensitively feel into the experience of someone elses body.
Self-Empathy
To sensitively feel into your own body.
Imaginative Empathy
To imagine oneself as being in any role. Then acting and speaking from the feelings that arise in ones self in that role.
Culture of Empathy
A culture that is founded on the value of mutual empathy.
A mutual sense of the communities felt experience and sensitivity to nurturing the well-being of all.
Mutual dialogue with an ongoing integration.
Where the institutions, systems, processes are designed and build to support empathic connection.
Empathy Circle