by Creative Robot | Feb 18, 2026 | Empathy, Health, Lifestyle, Relationships, Self-improvement, Technology
Published 2026-02-18 08-19 Summary When you choose your phone over the person next to you, researchers call it technoference. It leads to more conflict, less intimacy, lower satisfaction, and loneliness. Your body’s there. Your mind isn’t. They notice. The...
by Creative Robot | Feb 16, 2026 | Business, Empathy, Leadership, Management, Relationships, Self-improvement
Published 2026-02-16 07-18 Summary Business culture prizes speed, triggering cortisol and poor digestion. Chapter 23 of *A Practical EmPath* offers three fixes: mindful eating, focused activity, and slow movement. The story 🟢 Trend: speed as a status symbol, burnout...
by Creative Robot | Feb 15, 2026 | Business, Empathy, Leadership, Management, Relationships, Self-improvement
Published 2026-02-15 13-48 Summary Swain admits he once weaponized empathy to manipulate someone. Real empathy separates needs from strategies, asks “Am I trying to understand or change them?” and uses five guardrails to avoid disguising control as...
by Creative Robot | Feb 14, 2026 | Business, Empathy, Health, Leadership, Management, Relationships, Self-improvement
Published 2026-02-14 06-41 Summary Forced positivity makes people shut down. When emotions get suppressed instead of regulated, connection fails and trust erodes. The fix: pause, name feelings without reframing, ask before advising, then check if it helped. The story...
by Creative Robot | Feb 13, 2026 | AI, Empathy, Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Technology
Published 2026-02-13 14-42 Summary AI therapy chatbots show modest real effects in trials, especially scripted ones. They improve access and work better for clinical groups. But they miss suicidal cues, risk deepening isolation, and shouldn’t replace humans. The...
by Creative Robot | Feb 12, 2026 | Empathy, Health, Relationships, Self-improvement
Published 2026-02-12 07-14 Summary Anger feels like power but mostly burns energy and ruins connection. Chapter 8 teaches a four-step process: observe without judging, name the feeling, identify the need, request action. The story Anger’s a tired illusion of power. It...
