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Have you ever considered that at the core of all successful relationships is empathy?
Fundamentally all of us human beings want to be seen and understood; we want to know that the tribe around us can offer us the security of knowing that they understand where we are coming from. It is such a fundamental need that is has fueled much of our success as modern civilisation.
Our bond as partners is entirely connected to the knowledge that the other person deeply understands us. At its core, this is what empathy is all about; the ability to stand in the shoes of the other person and see the world as they do.
Ensuring you commit genuine attention to your partner is the highest form of delivering empathy. The ability to understand someone truly can only be accessed if you are committed to listening to them, to watching their body language and the words they use, and to leaning into what they are really experiencing. So much of deep love is driven by having empathy at heart, if you are not practicing it with your partner, are you truly loving them in every way you can?