{"id":2860,"date":"2025-06-18T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braintrain.be\/uncategorized\/podcast-is-empathy-disappearing-and-is-it-truly-important\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:46:42","slug":"podcast-is-empathy-disappearing-and-is-it-truly-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braintrain.be\/en\/uncategorized\/podcast-is-empathy-disappearing-and-is-it-truly-important\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST Is empathy disappearing? And is it truly important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2860\" class=\"elementor elementor-2860 elementor-914\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63268d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63268d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9c5d67 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9c5d67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Empathy seems to be in freefall: according to research from the University of Michigan, empathetic capacity among young people has declined by no less than 40% over the past twenty years. But what does that actually mean? In this episode, Ils and Bart delve deeper into empathy as a mental skill\u2014not as an emotion, but as the ability to truly place yourself in someone else&#8217;s world. They debunk the myth that empathy is equivalent to sharing each other&#8217;s opinions and show how judgments and viewpoints often block genuine dialogue. Bart advocates for training the &#8217;empathy muscle,&#8217; specifically by empathizing with people with whom you fundamentally disagree. An episode full of insights, relatable examples, and practical tools for those who want to strengthen empathy in the workplace and beyond.     <\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8808e5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b8808e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/be\/podcast\/wat-is-empathie-waarom-is-ze-zo-belangrijk-en-hoe-ontwikkel\/id1821234380?i=1000713290898&#038;l=nl\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Apple Podcasts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4YtNaO0LflzA0lKCahW7sr?si=zI4XBXQMQtGWu-OcvAEOsQ\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Spotify<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empathy seems to be in freefall: according to research from the University of Michigan, empathetic capacity among young people has declined by no less than 40% over the past twenty years. 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