Empathy

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of empathy.

Video playlists about Empathy

Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

10 talks • 2h 48m
What moves Jill Bolte Taylor? "I love talks that contribute to the overall well-being of who we are as humanity -- about how we can explore ourselves as people in relationship with one another and with this beautiful planet."

Talks about Empathy

10:48

Carolyn Jones

A tribute to nurses

Posted May 2017
11:55

Michele L. Sullivan

Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness

Posted Mar 2017
17:00

Peggy Orenstein

What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure

Posted Mar 2017
15:17

Megan Phelps-Roper

I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left

Posted Mar 2017
12:01

Robb Willer

How to have better political conversations

Posted Jan 2017
12:46

Sisonke Msimang

If a story moves you, act on it

Posted Jan 2017
15:17

Mandy Len Catron

A better way to talk about love

Posted Jan 2017
15:44

Elizabeth Lesser

Say your truths and seek them in others

Posted Dec 2016
15:08

Adam Galinsky

How to speak up for yourself

Posted Nov 2016
11:53

Victor Rios

Help for kids the education system ignores

Posted Nov 2016
12:21

Abigail Marsh

Why some people are more altruistic than others

Posted Sep 2016
17:50

Juno Mac

The laws that sex workers really want

Posted May 2016
11:56

Dan Pallotta

The dream we haven't dared to dream

Posted May 2016
6:57

Mileha Soneji

Simple hacks for life with Parkinson's

Posted Mar 2016
19:26

Carl Safina

What are animals thinking and feeling?

Posted Nov 2015
10:26

Alix Generous

How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's

Posted Aug 2015
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