A new book explains how we can learn empathy and have better social interactions. By Jill Suttie on behalf of the Greater Good Science Center.   It’s hard to watch someone who is suffering. We may feel their pain or absorb their sorrow; we may worry that we won’t know what to do or say. Those uncomfortable moments might make us turn away from their distress — to preserve our own well-being or to carry on with our lives. But this is the wrong approach, says psychiatrist and rese