Take a moment to put Empathy First
Showing empathy is supporting someone to feel their feelings. Creating deeper connections with those closest to us creates calm and belonging. But we won’t sugarcoat it: finding the right way to comfort a friend, celebrate their awesomeness or anything in between, can be really hard.
Which is where our cards come in. Sourced and selected with empathy from artists across the world, our cards express all the genuine care and heartfelt emotion that you feel, minus the overwhelm, sappiness, clichés and platitudes.
And we think that’s pretty awesome.
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Empathy Cards
What to say when you don't know what to say.
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Stationery
Begin your empathy journal with an emotions wheel sticker, notebook, journal or...
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All products
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📮 FREE standard shipping in Australia & a FREE postage stamp included with all cards 📮
Empathy cards for all occasions
Send a card from bed, your car, kitchen or out on a walk (because we know that’s when you remember these things).
Empathy knows no bounds (well, within Australia!). Add a personal note to your order, pop in your friend’s address when you checkout and we’ll take care of sending your card for you. Your thoughtful message will be handwritten with a flourish. No post office trips required.
Stuck for words? Our Writing Tips page has you covered. Promise!
Create a world where everyone feels heard, valued, visible and safe. One card at a time.
Our cards say, ‘I care, I see you, I’m here for you’, minus the shopping centre carpark chaos, a towering wall of queasily-written sympathy cards and the painfully-long post office queue.
Browse our empathy-filled envelopes of joy by category and checkout your cart. Oh, and to make life a little easier, we include a stamp with every card*.
Gratitude journals, notebooks and feel-good stationery for you, or for a friend.
Pen the day away, forge a path forward or doodle between the lines: even if it feels chaotically awful, you are doing something good.
Science says getting our thoughts out of our heads and scrawling them onto paper makes us feel more connected and happier in the long run. Our empathy notebooks and journals are designed to keep your thoughts in one place for reflection.
Looking for a special gift?
Our friends at Hello Good World stock a beautiful range of ethical, sustainable gifts for everyone.
Hello Good World is an online marketplace for brands that do better and be better.
They take all the guess work and research out of your hands and host ethical, sustainable and cause-driven labels to drive a better tomorrow.
They exist to help good businesses get found and be acknowledged for going beyond the norm.
About Empathy First
Empathy First is a social enterprise focused on experiential empathy training. Together, we provide the tools and techniques needed for organisations, leaders and communities to understand and practice healthy empathy. This results in stronger human connections, builds trusted and open relationships and improves health and wellbeing at all levels.
We're on a mission to create a world where everyone feels heard, valued and visible.
To learn how to better support your friends, family and colleagues in times of need, consider healthy empathy training with Empathy First.
Living into our values
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Environment
Where possible, we've sourced products that use recycled paper and compostable plastic.
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Community
We've chosen to buy from indpendent artists as much as we can.
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Social
The Empathy First Store funds healthy empathy training to create a kinder world.
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Kindness
Sending a card can brighten someone's day and let them know they're loved.
