Feb 26 2025 57 mins
Joining us on the show today is author, biologist, and bodyworker, Dr. Cindy Engel! For this conversation we explore the topic of somatic empathy, which is the focus of her newest book, ‘Another Self: How Your Body Helps You Understand Others’. This is the first overview of how our bodies take on the physical, emotional, and mental states of others and how we can utilize these principles to tend to ourselves and our relations.
If you want to learn more after the episode, consider picking up a copy of ‘Another Self’ over at cindyengel.com
Show Topics
- What is Somatic Empathy?
- The Contagious Nature of Emotions
- Somatic Empathy and Media
- Strengthening and Dampening Somatic Empathy
- Mindful Movement for Resilience
- Everything We Perceive is a Guess
- Importance of Getting to Know Ourselves
- Somatic Empathy, Communication, and Bodywork
- Coregulation and Brain Coupling