Empowerment in Action. It means not only giving someone fish and teaching them how to fish, but also empowering them with a sense of possibility so that they may find a whole new way to catch fish that you've never thought of.
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Having a brother who just recovered from the same condition, the nurse felt she could make an empact on the new patient by explaining in detail what he could expect through recovery.
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When a person eats too much and gets too bloated to the point of almost barfing but not quite there yet. It's super close though.
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Get the Empathy Boner mug.One's prostate gland reacting to someone's descriptions of painful experiences, or a reaction to the sight of someone elses painful experience. This is a dull, almost tingly sensation that lasts a few seconds and then disappears into the ether. Depending on the duration and magnitude of the sensation, this could be the equivalent of your prostate crying uncontrollably, or just emitting a concerned sigh.
My wife told me about her mom's varicose vein surgury, and I almost doubled-over from prostate empathy.
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My God! Did you hear what happened to Chrissie??? I feel so bad for her I actually feel like committing empathicide.
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Get the Empathicide mug.An empathetic bowel movement is when a person, usually a male, has an extremely tough bowel movement, leading to extreme empathy and sympathy towards women who are active in the birthing process.
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