Karla McLaren is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. Her lifelong work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most "negative" emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy.

Episode Resource List: 

• Karen's websites: KarlaMcLaren.com, EmotionDynamics.org, EmpathyAcademy.org
• Focusing-Orienting Psychotherapy, by Eugene Gendlin 
• Arlie Hochchild
• Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
• Susan Fiske
• On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not, by Robert A. Burton M.D.  

Host: Athena Casey
Producer: Debbie Casey
Underscoring: Mat Eisenstein
Cover artwork: Louise Laffaille
Sponsor: YouniquelyFit 

New episodes drop every Tuesday and every other Thursday.