Advocate Of Empathy Gifts

'The think I love about the job is the power it gives you...The power to change lives to reach out and improve the prospects of everyone you work with!'

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"Be kind"

"Just don’t tell the other vultures. I’ll never hear the end of it."

Prejudice/Empathy

Protect Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

'I get the feeling you're wagging your tale on the outside and crying on the inside.'

Can't even hold signs well.

"Now that I've swung back to depression, I'm truly sorry for what I did when I was manic."

"I feel your pain level."

The Female Brain and The Other One

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

"I don't leave home without it!"

Tangled Earphones Support Group.

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

Spoiler alert: most of my presentation is actually a series of trigger warnings.

"I know. I miss him, too."

"We're not laughing at you, sweetie. We're laughing at something you don't understand."

'Adam seems depressed - He needs camaraderie or something.'

Refugee Crisis

"I'm not asking for a raise. All I'm asking for is a little warmth and human understanding."

'Do you want to reschedule? Normally he has a magnetic personality, but today he seems to have reversed polarity.'

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

"...Everyone you meet on the way up, you'll meet again on the way down."

Please Give

"Matt, you look like you just saw a ghost who fired you!"

"Cops don't get me. Sure, they got me – but they'll ever get me."

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

'Sharing is saying you're my friend, without having to say 'you're my friend'.'

"If you think this is bad, you should see what they do to themselves"

"We'll soon have you sorted out, Mr. Fenton."

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'