Empathy vs. Apathy; Awake in the Age of Numbness

What happens when you care deeply about humanity—but feel powerless to help it?

In this episode, I dive into the emotional and existential paradox of being someone who gives a damn. Someone who wants to heal, uplift, and contribute—but is faced with a world that often feels too far gone, too numbed, too chaotic to hold.

This conversation is inspired by the poignant essay “Numbed” by multihyphenate artist, writer, and activist Jake Norton (JakeNorton.com), whose words gave shape to something I’ve been feeling for a long time: the heaviness of compassion in an overstimulated, disconnected society.

We explore:

• ​ The silent grief of being a sensitive soul in a desensitized culture
• ​ The paralysis that can come from constant awareness
• ​ Why numbing has become a coping mechanism for so many
• ​ And what you can do when you feel like nothing you do is ever enough

This is an episode for the empaths, the activists, the artists, the lovers, the dreamers—for anyone trying to stay soft in a world that keeps trying to harden them.

WE DEEPLY APOLOGIZE the sound had a major issue during editing but we didn’t want to delete what we recorded. Thank you.