Why can't it be both? While coaching in the Learn to Skate program at my ice rink, I encounter all sorts of people. In this particular class, there were quite a few children making it quite chaotic. At some point one of the little girls was crying. As an empath, I reach to hurt so I did my best to make her feel safe and heard. When she got comfort from her parents she returned to the ice and kept coming over to me and giving me hugs. I found this in sharp contrast to an