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  <title>Episode 005: Sympathy vs. Empathy - Compassion</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The world needs more compassion, we all know this.  What are simple things you and I can do to become more compassionate?   The first step is to understand the difference between sympathy and empathy.  Once these fundamental understandings are perfected we are spring boarded into a whole new existence where we become others-centered rather than self-centered.</itunes:subtitle>
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