What a relationship would be if there's no empathy? You may freak out thinking about the outcome of it. It will make us jealous, arrogant, we will lose love, we will not feel to support and more. And it will gradually make our relationship unhealthy. I'm not confusing your not trying to make your fearful. But showing you the consequences so you can work on enhancing your empathy for others.
There's no need to say that, empathy works as a glue in a relationship. So, let's see how we can bring more empathy for each other!
Be mindful of your relationship. Mindfulness helps to focus on what's going on around. You can have a better understanding of what your partner might want, what you need to do or when they need help etc. You will not feel entangled by your own thoughts. You may never miss noticing when your partner was sad or stressed.
However, who are not familiar with mindfulness and never practiced for the seek of their relationship might find it difficult. Don't worry, it may take time but the time worth it.
We should also focus on what other things can also help us. Let's see!
Giving genuine attention, making ourselves available when they need help, be there during their sad time, working as a partner for this life game; all these are the basic thing we should do to improve empathy in a relationship. Being loving and showing kindness can fulfill the gap in our relationship.
You see, enhancing empathy is nothing tough. We just need the right intention to make our relationship better. Knowingly or unknowingly when we show anger, when we hide our true emotions it makes our relationship worse and also impacts negatively on our feeling for each other.
Try the path of empathy. I hope these gonna help to improve relationships a lot!