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The Power of Empathy
The Gaslit Brain Series: When Empathy Wins
This week, empathy won.
With Catherine Connolly elected as Ireland’s new president, we’ve witnessed what it looks like when leadership is grounded in courage, clarity, and compassion — not control.
In this powerful episode of The Gaslit Brain on The FEMCAST, host Anita Whyte Moran and bestselling author Dr Jen Fraser — author of The Gaslit Brain — explore how empathy can rewire our brains, rebuild our workplaces, and reshape our societies.
They break down the neuroscience of empathy and gaslighting — from how domestic violence traps victims through “learned helplessness,” to how workplace abuse and political manipulation mirror the same patterns of psychological control.
Together, they ask: what happens when empathy disappears from leadership, and what kind of healing begins when it returns?
This episode dives deep into:
🧠 The neuroscience of empathy and control
💔 How gaslighting shows up in relationships, workplaces, and politics
🔥 Why domestic violence is the microcosm of wider social violence
🌍 How empathy-driven leadership can change everything
As Ireland embraces a new president who leads with empathy, we’re reminded that this isn’t softness — it’s strength.
Because when empathy vanishes, people break. But when it leads, humanity heals.
🎙️ The Gaslit Brain — a FEMCAST original series hosted by Anita Whyte Moran and Dr Jen Fraser.
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