Isla learns about the power of compassion as she tries to lift the spirits of a friend in need. With a crafty plan and a little creativity, she sets out to make a difference, learning the importance of empathy and the golden rule along the way.
With special thanks to Kristen Bell and Liam Neeson.
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Oct 2025
Are You Drained From Caring Too Much? The Difference Between Empathy and Compassion
Caring for others shouldn’t mean losing yourself in their pain. In this episode, Dora explores the difference between empathy and compassion, sharing how compassion lets us stay steady, protect our energy, and truly support the people we love — without collapsing under the weight ... Show More
4m 53s
Mar 2025
S1 EP6 | Loving Difficult People | The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Welcome to Season 1, Episode 6 of The Messy Podcast!Tagline: Loving Difficult People – How to Care Without Losing YourselfIn this episode, we explore the fine line between compassion and self-betrayal, understanding the neuroscience of empathy fatigue and resentment, and providin ... Show More
11m 32s
Sep 2025
410: What True Compassion Is and How to Employ It By Default, part Cinq/Five of "What Lies at the Heart of Living Simply Luxuriously"
"Just as we are wired to be in connection with each other, we are wired with an impulse to help, with an instinct for compassion." —Deb Dana, author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Empathy in action. While to empathize with another is a goo ... Show More
52m 36s
Oct 2025
Brené and Adam Grant on Empathy vs. Enmeshment
In the fourth episode of a special “Dare to Lead” series with Adam Grant, Brené and Adam explore the attack on empathy, the difference between cognitive empathy and affective empathy, and what separates empathy from enmeshment. Brené shares a personal story that led to a breakthr ... Show More
32m 19s
Feb 2022
Luli Akram | Adopting Boundaries
Luli Akram cut a lot of crap to protect and provide for herself and her family. In this episode we discuss how she adopted her 3-year-old daughter as a single mom, allowed her spirituality to lead her, how she set her boundaries, cut off toxic family members, learned the true mea ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2025
Brené and Adam Grant on the Skillsets of Empathy
In the fifth episode of a special “Dare to Lead” series with Adam Grant, Brené and Adam break down the skillsets of empathy, empathy misses, and how empathy is trickier than walking in someone else’s shoes. They discuss the way empathy can show up as being curious and caring — ir ... Show More
48m 9s