Expressive and receptive verbal communication, as well as the power of giving and receiving touch in ways that communicate that one is now virtually living in the other’s world, we’re feeling into the other’s space. Penetrate (metaphorically) the person within.
It is the willingness to let oneself be touched -so as to be felt.
Understand someone else’s perspective all the way to self-transcendence and total immersion in the others experience.
The level of empathy we encountered among those we interviewed went far beyond the way this term is usually defined in couples therapy literature.
What does that mean?
Be able to listen, to respond, to organize information, to recognize, even if you’re not told, that one kind of touch elicits a certain response in your partner, and another does not.
Being on the same wavelength, getting inside the other Person’s Being or sharing headspace.
Extraordinary lovers prioritize and cherish their relational bonds.
Want better empathy and magnificent sex? Ask yourself, "How much does my partner matter to me?"