Is empathy your superpower?: Anita Nowak

TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

Anita Nowak, author, professor and empathy expert wants everyone to understand the life-changing nature of empathy. In her new book, Purposeful Empathy, Nowak says we’re all born with the capacity for empathy but we can choose to strengthen this innate trait. With something as simple as smiling to strangers in public, we can flex our empathy like a muscle. For Nowak, a strong sense of empathy can teach us to be kinder to ourselves while making the world a more understanding place.