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“Research shows that five elements of that empathy are essential for maturing the prefrontal cortex in the first place and for continuing to strengthen it throughout our lives:
1. Resonance: picking up the “vibe” of other people
2. Attunement: feeling your way into another person’s experience and “feeling felt” by them
3. Empathy (as one part of the larger umbrella of empathy): making sense of your experience or another’s, conveying a shared understanding of the meaning of the experience, and sensing that any experience is completely understood and accepted
4. Compassion: literally “feeling with,” keeping the heart open and caring in the face of struggle or suffering
5. Acceptance: coming to terms with what is or has been, so that you can cope going forward.”
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