Marc Ian Barasch is a former editor at Psychology Today. His previous work includes Healing Dreams and Remarkable Recovery. His most recent book is Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness (www.compassionatelife.com), from which this essay is adapted.
To find empathy for the homeless, Marc Ian Barasch put himself in their shoes for a week.
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