Inspiration Loves Company with Debbie Epstein Henry

In this episode, I explore Cultivating Empathy with MIT professor, New York Times best-selling author and psychologist, Sherry Turkle. We delve into Sherry’s acclaimed memoir, The Empathy Diaries, and uncover how empathy and connection can emerge when we feel the most alone and unfamiliar. Sherry also shares her lessons in developing the empathy necessary to make and maintain deep connections. "We are the empathy app," Sherry writes. "To fix our crisis of intimacy and privacy, of empathy and human connection, we don't need more technology. We need one another." Thank you to Troutman Pepper for sponsoring this episode of Inspiration Loves Company. 

Inspiration. Engagement. Impact. That’s the essence of this podcast. It’s about doing better and being better at life, work and everything in-between. Join Debbie Epstein Henry, a lawyer turned entrepreneur, public speaker and author, as she talks with acclaimed writers, TED speakers and thought leaders. The common thread with our guests is that they share not only lessons from their professional success and their contributions to the greater good but also how they derive meaning and purpose from their personal lives and relationships. So, our dialogue at Inspiration Loves Company is layered, always weaving together the three dimensions of our lives – the personal, professional and community. Welcome to the conversation: a powerful, relatable dialogue that offers insight and sparks change.

Join me and Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and New York Times best-selling author, as she shares the wisdom she gleaned from her eight years in the Oval Office, on Air Force One, and beyond. Valerie’s forthright, optimistic perspective will leave you inspired to lift your own voice. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Join me and New York Times best-selling author, Lindsey Pollak, for loads of advice about how to recalculate, re-engineer and revitalize your career. You’ll also gain lots of smart tips on networking, interviewing and positioning yourself best for your next move. 

Join me and Founder of Equilar, David Chun, who has facilitated a partnership to provide Nasdaq companies with access to diverse, board-ready candidates. You won’t want to miss this education about why corporate governance is important to your life and how board diversity will improve the performance of public companies and beyond.

Join me and Elyse Walker, fashionista, entrepreneur and philanthropist extraordinaire, as we capture Elyse’s story of building a fashion empire and raising millions of dollars for women’s cancer. You won’t want to miss this intimate telling of how success and giving back can be woven seamlessly into a beautiful life.

Join me and Vernā Myers, inclusion strategist, cultural innovator, thought leader, and social commentator, to hear Vernā’s insights on re-imagining a new, more inclusive and equitable world where we all benefit from the creative power of difference. Sponsored by Thompson Hine.

Join me and James E. Ryan, President of the University of Virginia, to hear Jim’s wisdom on leading in a pandemic as well as a period of acute racial and political upheaval.  You will be humbled and heartened to learn from his learnings. 

Join me and Harvard Business School Professor and former Barnard President, Debora L. Spar, to hear Debora’s incisive and provocative account of how technology has transformed our lives in the past, and how it will do so again in the future. 

Join me and New York Times best-selling author and TED speaker, Suleika Jaouad, in a profound recounting of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again. Sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP.