In this brief video, Dr. Helen Riess talks about being featured in the PBS docuseries Untold, a Brief History of the Future, and the role of optimism. She Also talks about the concept of “exquisite empathy.” 

Dr. Helen Riess is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Founder and Chief Medial Officer at Emapthetics, Author of The Empathy Effect, and her TedTalk called The Power of Empathy has more than 800,000 views (link further down). 

If you missed the full interview with Dr. Riess, you can catch it here: https://youtu.be/fLfvqbjijPM 

 Connect with Dr. Helen Riess: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-riess

Learn more about Empathetics: https://www.empathetics.com  

Watch Dr. Riess’ TedTalk: https://youtu.be/baHrcC8B4WM?feature=shared 

 

Trailer for the PBS series: https://www.pbs.org/video/preview-jokjzt/ 

 

Purchase Dr. Riess’ book, The Empathy Effect: https://a.co/d/cS2oqUY