Showing Empathy and Having Tough Conversations with Scott Carson

46m · Himprovement · 02 Aug 10:00

Hurt people hurt other people. Anyone can decide to be resentful and unforgiving to the people who harmed them, but how many can forgive? In order to forgive, you have to see the culprit through a different set of eyes, no longer through the perspective of a victim but instead that of an empathizer. Ask yourself what it is about their past that led them to move through life the way that they do. Most people aren’t born malevolent. My theory is that the people among us who harm others took on their antisocial tendencies as a defense mechanism against threats, physical or psychological, in their given environment to deal with their own pain. Those that are aware of the damage they do probably see it as a necessity due to the cynical outlook on life that their experiences and the influence of the people around have helped shape. In this episode of Himprovement, Scott Carson, one of the hosts of the Campfire Project and the co-founder of the Business of Smiles, shares a similar take on this and even tells his own story of how he came to this realization when reconciling with his father.  YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/JMv3h7wazU0 Find Scott: https://www.ihopeyouaresmiling.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/himprovement/message

The episode Showing Empathy and Having Tough Conversations with Scott Carson from the podcast Himprovement has a duration of 46:38. It was first published 02 Aug 10:00. The cover art and the content belong to their respective owners.