20 Empathic Conversation Leads with Examples

In one of my last post I talked about how to convey empathy to a friend, what empathic conversation leads is and 10 examples. In this article, I will provide 20 more.

Empathic conversation leads are ways to verbally communicate empathy. Its a technique taught in counseling classes. So for example, a friend might be feeling impatient. Here are 20 ways to show empathy through empathic statements (leads are in bold followed by examples):

1. As you see it, youre tired of waiting and having everything go wrong.

2. You think that its useless to wait.

3. Where youre coming from, you dislike having to wait and things going wrong.

4. You figure that its a waste of time and effort.

5. You appear to be feeling impatient. 6. Your feeling now is impatience.

7. Sometimes you just think about running away.

8. You appear angry about how slow things are progressing.

9. I gather that youre not happy with the ways things are.

10. As I get it, you felt that you wasted your time because you got nothing in return.

11. From what I heard, youre expressing impatience.

12. To me, its almost like you are saying, I have enough.

13. The thing you feel most right now is impatience.

14. I wonder if youre expressing a concern that things will never work out, and this is all just a waste of time.

15. I wonder if youre saying that you rather move on.

16. You often feel unappreciated because you get nothing in return.

17. You feel perhaps frustrated.

18. I sense that youre impatient about the progress of things.

19. I get the impression that you are not happy where you stand now and this is making you impatient.

20. You feel impatient.

So here you have it. 20 more examples of empathic conversation leads. So if you are having trouble showing someone that you care, try using empathic statements in your conversations!