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You’ve probably been told your whole life that empathy means feeling someone’s pain. But what if that’s not empathy at all? What if the thing you’ve been calling empathy — the heaviness you carry for the people you love, the need to fix their problems, the way you shrink yourself to match their suffering — is actually pity? And what if pity is one of the most destructive things you can offer another human being?

In this episode, Jamal breaks down the real difference between empathy and pity — and why pity reinforces the victim narrative, enables people-pleasing, and says far more about your own insecurity than it does about someone else’s struggle.

He shares three ways to practice empathy that actually empowers people instead of keeping them stuck — including the story of a high school teacher who saw potential in him when everyone else saw a troubled kid, and how one question she asked changed the entire trajectory of his life.

He also names the hidden gift inside envy and jealousy, and why the way you see another person’s struggle might be the very thing keeping both of you stuck.

If you’ve ever left a conversation feeling emotionally drained because you absorbed someone else’s pain — or wondered why your support never seems to actually help the people you care about — this episode reframes what it means to truly see another person.

Jamal Jivanjee is a life coach, speaker, and author of the Amazon bestselling book Living for a Living. He works with individuals ready to do the deeper work of transformation through his signature program, The Energy Acquisition System — a 90-day, one-on-one coaching experience.

Learn more or book a free conversation: https://www.jamaljivanjee.com/life-coaching

You can listen to the full podcast episode on the following platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-love-cast-with-jamal/id1126696772?i=1000798325507

https://open.spotify.com/episode/40XqFIzHIQchtxCa2xTJJj?si=72e99b0dbedb4b59