Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak: Recent Episodes
Anita Nowak
Purposeful Empathy is a Youtube channel dedicated to conversations with people spreading more empathy in the world.
Join Anita Nowak, empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach, to learn how like-spirited people around the world are turning up the volume on empathy through purposeful action.
Drawing from neuroscience, spirituality, leadership studies, positive psychology and the frontlines of social action, Purposeful Empathy explores the intersection of personal development
Watch this episode to learn how the circular economy 2.0 can promote human rights and dignity in addition to sustainability. Lis Suarez-Visbal is an Ashoka Fellow, Circular Economy Expert and Doctoral researcher at Utrecht University, with nearly two decades leading a social enterprise that promoted women’s empowerment. In this episode, she explains how policymakers and companies in the apparel sector can reduce gender and power asymmetries, while also advancing sustainable development.00:00 Preview00:25 Introduction 00:49 About Lis Suarez-Visbal 02:56 Lis’ backstory that led to FEM07:43 Taking the leap into the space of social impact11:30 How can the circular economy promote equality and inclusion? 15:50 Different forms of change-making: from social entrepreneur to academic researcher20:06 How can higher education accelerate social innovation?23:57 What is the circular economy?30:42 Elevating the human within the circular economy 34:47 The Inner Development Goals 40:06 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Lis’s work?42:43 Lis Suarez-Visbal’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH LIS✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/lis-suarez-visbal/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lis-j-suarez-visbal-769a2a2/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show Notes✩ Inner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how one social enterprise is advancing literacy through evidence-based programming that engages parents and the community. Camesha Cox is an Ashoka Fellow, award-winning education-sector trailblazer and Founder and Executive Director of The Reading Partnership (TRP), a non-profit that designs and delivers community-based literacy programs and educational resources. In this episode, she agrees with the adage "it’s never too late to learn", but explains why literacy is much harder to master the older you get. She also rejects “acceptable rates of failure” and calls upon governments to support programs (like TRP) that work.00:00 Preview00:16 Introduction 00:40 About Camesha Cox02:26 Camesha’s backstory that led to The Reading Partnership (TRP)06:55 The mission of TRP 11:16 What impact stories touch Camesha and keep her motivated?14:55 How TRP is making a difference in the lives of families and communities 16:55 What are some myths and misconceptions about literacy? 20:45 How to make learning exciting when teachers are “competing” against the allure of social media and video games24:06 How to get involved in TRP25:35 What role does empathy play in the delivery of TRP programming? 29:23 The Inner Development Goals 31:08 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Camesha’s work? 33:37 Camesha Cox’s Purposeful Empathy StoryCONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH CAMESHA✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/camesha-cox/✩ The Reading Partnership https://readingpartnership.com/✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-camesha-cox-med-18445555/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show Notes✩ Inner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/✩ Donate to The Reading Partnership https://readingpartnership.com/donate-2/ Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn why it’s high time to shift the power asymmetry between the public and social sectors. Shaun Loney is Senior Director of Encompass Coop, a coalition of skilled practitioners who engage with diverse stakeholders, from grassroots communities to policymakers, empowering communities with the tools to create systemic change through innovative social enterprise solutions. He is an EY Entrepreneur of the Year the author of two books, and has co-founded and mentored the establishment of 12 different social enterprises. In this episode, he discusses how outcomes purchasing is the lynchpin needed to decolonise the social sector.00:00 Preview00:30 Introduction 00:54 About Shaun Loney2:00 Shaun’s backstory that led to Encompass Co-op6:28 How does Encompass Co-op promote equality and inclusion?7:48 "Outcomes purchasing” as a solution to decolonise the social sector12:15 A new public safety option vs. defunding the police15:02 Homelessness is not a money problem; it's a systems problem 19:40 The Inner Development Goals 26:20 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Shaun’s work?31:30 How the philanthropic sector can help change systems 34:41 Shaun’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH SHAUN✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/shaun-loney/ ✩ Encompass Co-op https://www.encompass.coop/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-loney-08994520b/ ✩ The Beautiful Bailout https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0995268525?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_3XX652D22ESJ7MW2BZ9Y ✩ An Army of Problem Solvers: Reconciliation and the Solutions Economy https://a.co/d/3UFFzLi Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show Notes✩ Inner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/✩ Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition https://a.co/d/emHlX0J Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how "tried and true" Indigenous law-based approaches can guide Western legal code towards a more sustainable future. Ashoka Canada Fellow, Jessica Clogg, is Executive Director and Senior Counsel for West Coast Environmental Law, where she has served as an environmental and Indigenous rights lawyer for the past 25 years. In this episode, she explains why environmental justice is needed to solve complex environmental challenges and how Indigenous knowledge and ancestral practices can inform the practice of Western law.00:00 Preview00:32 Introduction 00:56 About Jessica Clogg 2:05 Jessica’s backstory that led to West Coast Environmental Law 4:00 What is Indigenous law? 5:33 How learning about Indigenous law has impacted Jessica’s personal life8:09 How does West Coast Environmental Law promote equality and inclusion? 11:15 How Jessica’s work differs from typical TV courtroom dramas13:00 Is the youth mental health crisis a reflection of environmental degradation?16:19 What is environmental justice? 17:28 Why does an equitable and inclusive approach to environmental activism matter? 19:06 The Inner Development Goals 25:19 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Jessica’s work?27:18 Jessica Clogg’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH JESSICA✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/jessica-clogg/ ✩ West Coast Environmental Law https://www.wcel.org/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show NotesInner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Watch this episode to learn why scientists could benefit from some "shut up and listen” humility. Shelly Elverum is the supporter of Ikaarvik which is committed to supporting Inuit youth reclaim their roles as the Arctic’s first scientists, capable of managing resources, determining their cultural and economic futures, and adapting to rapid climate and cultural change in the North. In this episode, she discusses the importance of embracing humility – and humour – when combining science and Indigenous Knowledge. 00:00 Preview00:29 Introduction 00:55 About Shelly Elverum01:48 Shelly’s backstory that led her to Ikaarvik05:48 Why should non-Indigenous researchers up North "shut up and listen”?11:15 Ikaarvik: combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science for better Arctic research 16:16 Indigenous knowledge: providing additional depth, precision, and holistic understandings to science 23:52 Shelly’s concerns about empathy30:00 Anita’s take on empathy34:35 Breaking the need to know by embracing vulnerability (and humour!)39:13 Who is the non-bio Shelly? 42:55 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Shelly’s work?45:40 The Inner Development Goals51:06 Serving the greater good with our gifts: What can nature teach us?56:11 Shelly’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH SHELLY✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/shelly-elverum/ ✩ Ikaarvik https://ikaarvik.org/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show NotesInner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/ Equine Coaching https://wasabicoaching.com/ Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how one social enterprise is tackling maternal health justice for racialized groups head-on. Elsie Amoako is the Founder and CEO of Mino Care, a non-profit organization that provides access to culturally safe healthcare services for racialized birthing persons. In this episode, she discusses how racial stereotypes and implicit biases negatively impact the healthcare outcomes of people of colour. She also highlights the importance of fostering culturally safe healthcare and describes how it can literally save lives.00:00 Preview00:38 Introduction 01:03 About Elsie Amoako 02:46 Elsie’s backstory that led to Mino Care05:26 How racism, racial stereotypes and implicit bias impact racialized people’s healthcare10:52 The mission of Mino Care13:10 How birth justice workshops fuelled Mino Care’s expansion19:18 What does “culturally safe” healthcare mean and why does it matter?23:56 A vision for scaling Mino Care28:08 The Inner Development Goals 31:16 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Elsie’s work?33:28 Elsie’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy...CONNECT WITH ELSIE✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/elsie-amoako/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsieamoako/ ✩ Mino Care https://www.minocare.ca/ ✩ Mino Fest https://www.minofest.com/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show NotesInner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/ Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn why leading companies are turning to Indigenous Elders for guidance about the evolution of AI.Alejandro Mayoral Baños, Founder and Executive Director of the Indigenous Friends Association (IFA) and Ashoka Fellow, champions tech equity and digital sovereignty. In this episode, he explains why everyone has a role to play to ensure that technology acts as a tool for revitalization rather than marginalization. 00:00 Preview00:40 Introduction 01:05 About Alejandro Mayoral Baños 02:47 Why Alejandro is passionate about tech equity and digital sovereignty05:35 Alejandro’s backstory that led to Indigenous Friends Association (IFA)09:32 How IFA promotes equality and inclusion 14:01 Why IFA values mentorship to foster a deep connection to culture 16:15 How to leverage Indigenous knowledge to improve digital technology 22:04 The importance of slowing down 26:52 The Inner Development Goals (IDGs)33:51 Having uncomfortable conversations to promote digital sovereignty 38:10 Incorporating Indigenous wisdom into AI42:20 The role of empathy in technology: It’s about listening44:50 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Alejandro’s work?47:40 Alejandro’s Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastCONNECT WITH ALEJANDRO✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/aleja... ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromayoral/✩ Indigenous Friends Association https://www.indigenousfriends.org/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/Show NotesInner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/ Bayo Akomolafe’s piece https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/th...Alejandro's background (IFA artwork) by Tsista Kennedy: @hotdog.water.art Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to hear an HR expert describe 4 stages of psychological safety. Brandon Springle describes himself as an HR Maverick, with a career spanning from Supply Chain to Sports & Entertainment. In this episode, he shares why employees flourish in a psychologically safe culture - one in which they can be authentic, demonstrate empathy, and feel a heightened sense of presence and purpose.00:00 Preview00:36 Introduction 00:57 About Brandon Springle 03:14 Brandon’s “Empathy Origin Point” 05:14 What called Brandon to human resources? 07:03 Advice for a first interview 08:08 The power of empathy in the workplace 10:52 Habits to help flex our empathy muscles13:58 Presence as a precursor to empathic relationships 17:00 Validating vs justifying feelings 19:16 What is psychological safety in the workplace? 21:15 Inclusion safety: Stage 1 of the psychological safety framework 21:43 Learning safety: Stage 2 of the psychological safety framework25:28 Contributor safety: Stage 3 of the psychological safety framework26:43 Why it’s key for employees to feel agency in a post-Covid workplace 29:40 Challenger safety: Stage 4 of the psychological safety framework30:35 How organisations can create a culture of psychological safety 34:07 Brandon’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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Watch this episode to hear what a life scientist has to say about psychedelics and human consciousness, and the pioneering research he’s doing called "coma resurrection therapy.”Dr. Hyder Khoja is the Founder & CEO of Transcendent Life Sciences, and Emblem Nutraceuticals. He is a leading voice in the life sciences, with over two decades in drug discovery, development, and policy innovation. In this episode, he explains the positive role psychedelics can play in modern medicine - not only for our mental health, but also for empathy and prosocial behaviour. 00:00 Preview00:30 Introduction 00:57 About Dr. Hyder Khoja 01:51 Dr. Khoja’s career trajectory in the life sciences 04:53 The positive role of psychedelics as medicine09:30 What is coma resurrection therapy?13:05 How psychedelic compounds can spark brain traffic in coma patients 17:42 Consciousness, unconsciousness and self-awareness22:33 The prosocial potential of psychedelics27:34 Anita’s experience waking up at 4am 29:14 The benefits of waking up at 4am32:50 Dr. Khoja’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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CONNECT WITH HYDER KHOJA✩LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scienceimpersario
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Watch this episode to hear an expert explain how mindfulness and self-compassion can shield students and teachers from educational trauma.Dr. Lee-Anne Gray is a psychologist, educator, international speaker, and author of three books: Educational Trauma: Examples From Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline; LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; and Self-Compassion for Teens: 129 Activities & Practices to Cultivate Kindness. In this episode, she explains why self-empathy is fundamental to flourish in today’s education system, and makes the case for alternate forms of pedagogy to achieve trauma-free schools and classrooms. 00:00 Preview 00:36 Introduction01:04 About Dr. Lee-Anne Gray05:23 Trauma in classrooms 08:55 Exploring power in the education system 11:00 Finding solutions to educational trauma through democratic education12:50 Links between self-empathy and design thinking18:45 Differences between self-compassion, self-empathy, and attunement21:26 How parental self-compassion impacts children23:43 Dr. Gray’s call to action 25:55 What is identity leadership?31:17 How did COVID-19 change the self-empathy landscape? 32:33 Loving-kindness practices37:50 Self-care advice for teachers 39:08 Challenging harmful social conventions 42:00 Why is empathic education needed or compassionate nations? 45:38 Dr. Gray’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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Watch this episode to learn how empathic AI can improve therapy, business, and society.
Minter Dial is a podcaster, speaker, and the author of Heartificial Empathy: Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, he discusses how technology affects human connection, and argues that empathy can help make businesses thrive.
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00:46 Introduction
01:07 About Minter Dial
01:51 Excerpt from Minter’s book, Heartificial Empathy
02:43 The role of empathy in social transformation
03:47 How to promote empathy in the business world
07:18 Examples of how empathy have helped companies succeed
09:14 How to use empathy to engage with different markets
14:15 How can empathy be programmed into machines?
25:30 Maintaining a healthy balance in an AI future
29:45 Is AI good or bad? Factors to consider
32:57 The importance of purpose
37:21 The future of therapy and AI
42:30 How technology affects human connection
46:52 Minter’s practices to become a more empathic person
49:51 Minter Dial’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MINTER DIAL
✩ Website: https://www.minterdial.com/
✩ Heartificial Empathy: https://www.amazon.ca/Heartificial-Empathy-Business-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/191648090X
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to understand why empathy is necessary for women mourning a miscarriage. Jessica Budgell is an empowerment coach and curator of the "Women-Supporting-Women" community. Based on her lived experience, she is also the creator of a self-directed online course called Maneuvering through Miscarriage. In this episode, she describes the course’s 3-modules and explains why its helpful to process a loss within the context of community. 00:00 Preview00:34 Introduction 00:55 About Jessica Budgell 02:46 How Jessica’s personal and professional experiences motivated her to create an e-course 07:45 The vital role empathy plays when processing a miscarriage 11:43 An overview of the e-course, Maneuvering through Miscarriage 12:51 Jessica’s words of wisdom for those who have experienced a miscarriage 15:39 How to respond when others offer well-meaning platitudes 21:07 Helpful things to say to someone who experienced a miscarriage 25:25 Honouring one's loss through "an anchor" 30:59 Why it helps to process a loss within community 36:03 Jessica Budgell’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH JESSICA BUDGELL✩ Website: https://jessicabudgell.com/✩ E-Course: https://jessicabudgell.com/products/✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicabudgellcoaching/CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastVideo edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn why it’s important to bring empathy and humanity into business.
Samie Al-Achrafi is Founder and CEO of Marmalade fish, a global management consultancy and certified B-Corp, and author of #Time4Humanity. He is also a pioneer of the Conscious Leadership movement. In this episode, he explains why our humanity has been excluded from business, what it would look like to bring it back, and why it's so important for workplaces to be led by conscious and empathic leaders.
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00:32 Introduction
00:53 About Samie Al-Achrafi
02:28 What it means to bring humanity into business
04:21 What’s the business case for bringing humanity into the workplace?
05:43 Why has humanity been excluded from business?
07:56 Samie’s backstory
12:37 How Samie brings humanity into his own organization
18:53 Why you don’t need to stress about changing the world
21:12 Barriers to bringing humanity into business
23:21 The importance of "pressing pause"
25:28 Samie’s conscious leadership practices
27:17 Samie Al-Achrafi’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH SAMIE AL-ACHRAFI
✩ Website: https://www.samiealachrafi.com/
✩ 9: Lessons from the Universe: https://www.amazon.ca/9-Lessons-Universe-Samie-Al-Achrafi/dp/1838067892
✩ #Time4Humanity: https://www.amazon.ca/Time4Humanity-Samie-Al-Achrafi/dp/1838067825/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GFGH9US6M0A6&keywords=%23time4humanity&qid=1700699417&s=books&sprefix=+time4humanit%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1
✩ Why Business Needs our Humanity: https://youtu.be/owoOGkPVq1s?si=dGH_VVagwksZ8m_a
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Watch this episode to learn about the role sensitive souls can play in social justice work.
Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is an award-winning writer, editor, author, and former columnist for Inc.com. Her latest book is Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways. In this episode, she discusses the role empathy plays in activism and the unique challenges empaths face doing social impact work.
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00:32 Introduction
00:54 About Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
02:40 A short synopsis of Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
03:37 What challenges do empaths face when social justice work?
06:43 Dorcas’ personal backstory
11:05 How Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul came to be
15:18 How "sensitive souls” are reacting to her book
19:58 The power of "sitting down for a conversation"
23:56 The role of empathy in activism
30:58 Finding the activist sweet spot for sensitive souls
38:07 How to be kind to yourself as an empath
42:37 Dorcas Cheng-Tozun’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DORCAS CHENG-TOZUN
✩ Website: https://www.chengtozun.com/
✩ Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: https://www.amazon.ca/Social-Justice-Sensitive-Soul-Change-ebook/dp/B0B5M6NHTC
✩ Let There d.light: https://www.amazon.ca/Let-There-d-light-Enterprise-Products/dp/1734397004
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Watch this episode to learn how to foster an empathic ecosystem in healthcare. Dr. Jeremy Howick is a clinical epidemiologist and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare at the University of Leicester. In this episode, using evidence based-research, he describes how why it’s critical to embed empathy in the delivery of healthcare, and how empathy can prevent burnout in practitioners.00:00 Preview 00:29 Introduction 00:50 About Jeremy Howick 02:21 The science behind empathic healthcare 04:04 The value of empathy training for practitioners10:37 The connection between empathy and practitioner burnout 14:09 Shortcomings of the medical school curriculum 18:52 The importance of fostering interprofessional empathy 22:48 Building an empathic ecosystem in healthcare 25:55 Jeremy Howick’s Purposeful Empathy StoryCONNECT WITH JEREMY HOWICK✩ Website: https://www.jeremyhowick.com/✩ The Power of Placebos: https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Placebos-Science-Nocebos-Improve/dp/1421446383✩ Doctor You: https://www.amazon.ca/Doctor-You-Revealing-science-self-healing/dp/1473654203 CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastVideo edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn about the important role empathy plays in patient safety.
Dr. Soojin Jun is a board-certified geriatric and population health pharmacist. Passionate about empathy in healthcare and patient rights, she is a founding member of Patients for Patient Safety US. In this episode, she discusses the importance of self-empathy for healthcare professionals, and the role pharmacists can play in patient safety.
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00:31 Introduction
00:52 About Dr. Soojin Jun
02:22 Why the healthcare sector needs empathy
04:34 Why we cannot provide healing while we are hurting
09:05 The importance of self-empathy for healthcare professionals
13:15 What does "medical harm” mean?
15:22 What is the WHO’s Global Patient Safety Action Plan?
20:00 Soojin’s experience with empathy while becoming a pharmacist
22:25 How a major loss led Soojin to pursue a career as a pharmacist
29:40 Soojin Jun’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH SOOJIN JUN
✩ Patients for Patients Safety: https://www.pfps.us/
✩ WHOs Global Patient Safety Action Plan: https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/policy/global-patient-safety-action-plan#:~:text=This%20global%20action%20plan%20was,%2C%20every%20time%2C%20everywhere%E2%80%9D.
✩ LinkedIN: linkedin.com/in/soojin-jun
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Watch this episode to learn why anyone struggling with their mental health deserves our empathy.
Jeff Davis is a mental health advocate, international speaker, and the award-winning author of The Power of Authentic Leadership; Reach Your Mountaintop; and Traveling Triumphs. In this episode, he shares his personal mental health struggle - which included a near-suicide attempt - offers insight into the importance of self-leadership and suggests strategies for managing relationships with others who lack empathy.
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00:56 Introduction
01:20 About Jeff Davis
02:59 Why Jeff became a mental health advocate
06:05 Jeff’s core message
08:30 The journey of personal development and acknowledging self-worth
10:28 Strategies for guarding against a negative society
12:25 The link between mental health, empathy, and self-leadership
14:46 How to manage relationships with people who lack empathy
15:55 How asking questions helps build empathy
25:14 Addressing the global mental health crisis with empathy
28:13 Taking action by using empathy
30:51 Tips for strengthening our empathy ‘muscle’
36:26 Jeff Davis’ Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH JEFF DAVIS
✩ Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_hwMJMBBvQ
✩ Website: https://jeffdspeaks.com/
✩ The Power of Authentic Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Authentic-Leadership-Activating-Authenticity-ebook/dp/B071G9LDD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1521887234&sr=8-1
✩ Reach Your Mountaintop: https://www.amazon.com/Reach-Your-Mountaintop-Opportunity-Achieving/dp/1456627554/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479653556&sr=8-1&keywords=reach+your+mountaintop
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Watch this episode to learn how an artist and educator is fostering empathy and belonging through innovative community arts projects. Shannon Hutchison is the founder of Beyond Our Image, a social enterprise focused on creating stronger communities and more empathy in the workplace through storytelling. As a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, Shannon uses her professional photography and teaching skills to help people transcend stereotypes and “othering.” In this episode, she describes why it’s important to give everyone a voice, and shares how the arts and co-creation can foster empathy and belonging. 00:00 Preview 00:51 Introduction 01:13 About Shannon Hutchison 02:26 Shannon’s motivation for building a world of belonging 05:53 What is the relationship between empathy and belonging?07:48 Using creativity to nurture empathy 10:30 Shannon’s three questions for belonging 15:40 What is Swipe your Stereotype? 17:29 What is the power of Swipe your Stereotype?22:45 What does it mean to "give someone a voice”?26:00 Shannon’s organizational work 30:23 Shannon Hutchison’s Purposeful Empathy StoryCONNECT WITH SHANNON HUTCHISON✩ Beyond Our Image: https://beyondourimage.com/✩ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shannon-hutchison-3b0288220✩ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@yukyuk30?si=GDVUkrQJrcu9LfFb✩ The Empathy Game: https://play.theempathygame.com/CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastVideo edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to better understand how our brain works, and how to leverage neuroscience to become a more empathic leader. Ben Ampil, a certified neuroscience and NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) coach, believes the more we understand inner workings of our brain, the better we can make our brains work. In this episode, he explains why our brain conserves energy; how to use the “BBC” technique to diminish negative thoughts and emotions; and how leaders can use motivation and empathy. 00:00 Preview 00:50 Introduction01:12 About Ben Ampil 02:33 The importance of the brain 03:46 Ben’s keynote on neuroplasticity 07:45 How does our brain conserve energy? 9:30 Ben’s explanation of empathy 11:30 What’s the difference between NLP and neuroscience?17:10 How to use the “BBC" technique to feel better 22:54 Using neuroscience to motivate and lead with empathy27:05 Why parents should never say “maybe” to kids33:23 Why leaders should attach motivation to the journey 34:46 The backstory behind Amplius 37:58 How can our brains improve our relationships? 43:42 Ben’s three R’s of leadership 47:47 Barriers to empathy in the workplace 50:57 Ben Ampil’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH BEN AMPIL✩ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ben-ampil-🔺-62630923✩ Man’s Search for Meaning: https://www.amazon.ca/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X✩ Website: http://www.benampil.com/CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastVideo edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn why one techpreneur believes humans must be at the centre of all AI development.
Matt Celuszak is the Founder and CEO of Element Human, a company on a mission to "enable everyday devices to observe, monitor and feedback human interaction in a safe way that promotes the well being of the individual, monitors the health of the population, and furthers the evolution of humanity.” In this episode, Matt explains why he was attracted to the world of AI while seeking solutions to suicide prevention. He also argues that empathy is a necessary safeguard for the development of AI.
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00:16 Introduction
00:35 About Matt Celuszak
01:46 How Matt discovered empathy
07:37 The business case for Purposeful Empathy
10:28 Can technology further the evolution of humanity?
17:34 Using technology and AI in today’s climate
18:01 Empathy’s role in AI
19:22 Chat GPT: A case study
26:15 Nefarious uses of AI
30:20 About Matt’s webinar, “People First, and Always”
33:20 The goals and mission of Element Human
38:18 Applications of learning from tech for the greater good
38:52 Empathy as an important feedback loop in advertising
45:00 Matt Celuszak’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MATT CELUSZAK
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattceluszak/
✩ TedX: https://youtu.be/TJxOrv6rQX8
✩ Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNF6uFtNgGo&t=1093s
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Watch this episode to learn why the future of work is kind.
Sophie Bretag, founder & CEO of Metta Leaders, believes we kindness can transform organizational culture and change the world. In this episode, she describes her work as a passionate advocate for mental health and psychological safety in the workplace, and walks through a couple of examples of "breath work” that can help leaders become more effective.
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00:42 Introduction
01:03 About Sophie Bretag
04:29 Sophie’s dream to create a global kindness movement
09:32 Breaking workplace barriers to welcome more empathy and kindness
14:48 What is “the empathy ceiling”?
18:25 Sophie’s backstory to building kinder organizations
23:28 The value of kindness
29:15 The power of breath work
31:25 Examples of breath work
34:13 Sophie Bretag’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH SOPHIE BRETAG
✩ Website: https://www.mettaleaders.com/
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiebretag/
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mettaleaders/
✩ Sophie’s Guided Meditation: https://insighttimer.com/mettaleaders
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Watch this episode to learn about a coach on a mission to make the world a more empathic place.
Neil Lewis is the founder of The Empathy Coach, an organization that specializes in empathic, relationship-based leadership, coaching and communication. In this episode, Neil shares his personal path to empathy work, discusses his "5 habits of highly empathic people" and explains why we should be purposeful about validating others’ feelings.
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00:29 Introduction
00:49 About Neil Lewis
02:16 Neil’s calling to empathy work
09:43 About his organization, The Empathy Coach
12:16 The biggest empathy myth
15:07 What it looks like to unintentionally invalidate someone
19:49 Can validation and being held accountable co-exist?
24:11 Considerations for a hybrid work culture
29:00 The importance of focusing on the result rather than the process
32:05 Self-empathy vs. empathizing with others
34:13 Why we struggle with empathy
45:07 Neil Lewis’ Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH NEIL LEWIS
✩ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theempathycoach
✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpathyCoach/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheEmpathyCoach
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_empathy_coach/
✩LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-empathy-coach/
✩ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theempathycoach6213
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Watch this episode to learn why leaders and workplaces need more empathy.
Maxine Budhu is an empathic leadership coach who believes that exceptional leaders are authentic and practice empathy. In this episode, she explains why organizations cannot achieve sustainable success without empathy, and a covers a three-step process towards empathic leadership: Developing self-awareness, identifying blind spots, & overcoming triggers.
00:00 Preview 00:28 Introduction 00:47 About Maxine Budhu 02:05 Maxine’s backstory 04:15 Why the corporate sector needs more empathy 05:55 Success is unsustainable without empathy 07:13 How leaders can become more empathic 07:30 Self-awareness 11:49 Identifying blindspots 16:03 Overcoming triggers 19:06 Bringing your feelings to work 27:25 Why everyone deserves empathy - equally 30:39 Maxine’s coaching process 31:54 Maxine Budhu’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH MAXINE BUDHU ✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-budhu-20a84067 ✩ Instagram: https://instagram.com/theexceptionaleader?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg==
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Watch this episode to learn why optimism can be a powerful positive force in our lives.
Bill Burke is the Founder of The Optimism Institute, a media enterprise on a mission to inspire people with an optimistic, hopeful vision of the world and its future. After a career spent in media and broadcasting, he advocates for staying optimistic in the face of negative news every day. In this episode, Bill argues that optimism can improve the quality of our lives and help solve social problems, much like empathy. He also shares his goals and vision for The Optimism Institute.
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00:29 Introduction
00:50 About Bill Burke
02:27 The importance of remaining optimistic
04:14 The power of optimism
05:17 What is The Optimism Institute?
07:49 How to promote agency among Gen-Z
10:07 Can we cultivate optimism?
12:20 Can optimism transcend society’s problems?
14:33 At the intersection of empathy and optimism
16:54 The benefits of practising optimism and empathy
19:39 Optimism’s role in our daily lives
21:30 About Bill’s podcast, Blue Sky
24:09 Bill’s goals for spreading optimism
26:15 Bill Burke’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH BILL BURKE
✩ Website: https://www.theoptimisminstitute.com/
✩ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7D7JK1FdOVqkovzFJbO6Z5
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optimisminstitute/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OptInstitute
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-burke-9775682/
✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OptimismInst
✩ Call Me Ted: https://www.amazon.ca/Call-Me-Ted-Turner/dp/0446582034
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Watch this episode to savour a story of how a dog unlocked empathy in a woman’s life - at the age of 65.Rona Maynard is the former Editor of Chatelaine Magazine and author of Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging, and Loving This World. In this episode, Rona describes how she found happiness and was inspired towards greater kindness and compassion, thanks to her first dog, Casey. She also looks back on an essay she wrote as a teenager about bullying that is still required reading in many classrooms, and discusses her acclaimed memoir My Mother’s Daughter.00:00 Preview00:16 Introduction00:37 About Rona Maynard02:04 Rona’s Short Story - The Fan Club04:38 Rona reads her "Author’s Note" 06:04 What Rona hopes readers will take away from Starter Dog08:36 Rona’s secret to a healthy, happy marriage11:08 How focusing on achievement impacts our capacity for kindness15:17 How animals unlock empathy19:18 Using a robot dog to build empathy 21:00 How therapy helped Rona25:10 Rona’s first book - My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir28:04 Rona’s top tips for practicing empathy35:00 Rona Maynard’s Purposeful Empathy StoryCONNECT WITH RONA MAYNARD✩ Website: https://ronamaynard.com/✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronamaynard/?originalSubdomain=ca✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronamaynard_author/✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rona.maynard/✩ Rona’s First Book: https://www.amazon.ca/My-Mothers-Daughter-Rona-Maynard/dp/0771055552✩ Rona’s Second Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Starter-Dog-Belonging-Loving-World/dp/1770417230✩ Rona’s Short Story: https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-fan-clubCONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcastVideo edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn about the neuroscience behind empathy, compassion, and sympathy.
Dr. Lisa Aziz-Zadeh is a Professor at the Brain and Creativity Institute, the Department of Psychology, and the Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California (USC). Her current research includes understanding how the gut–brain axis modulates behavior. In this episode, she explains her recent research on Autism and empathy as well as scientific ways to practice and improve empathy.
00:00 Preview 00:32 Introduction 00:52 About Dr. Lisa Aziz-Zadeh 02:34 The neuroscience difference between empathy, sympathy and compassion 06:26 Lisa’s research on Autism and empathy 08:29 What is alexithymia? 10:25 How acting on empathy activates our pleasure reward system 11:41 Why too much empathy is not always a good thing 14:05 Predictors of being a bystander vs. being a helper 19:21 Predictors of dehumanization 20:59 Daily practices to become more empathic and compassionate 22:17 Habits to encourage empathy in children 24:13 Dr. Lisa Aziz-Zadeh’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. LISA AZIZ-ZADEH ✩ About Lisa: https://chan.usc.edu/people/faculty/L... ✩ Lisa’s talk on Brain and Body: • Lisa Aziz-Zadeh: Brain and body ✩ Altruistic Personality by Samuel P. Oliner: https://www.amazon.ca/Altruistic-Pers...
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Watch this episode to learn empathy-infused design.
Kelvin Kung is a Project Architect at Gensler, a global architecture, design, and planning firm. His work is critically acclaimed for centering love, empathy and equity while unleashing the power of technology. In this episode, Kelvin shares the role of technology in design and leveraging empathy. He also shares how his lived experiences, such as the loss of his father, have guided him to developing machine-learning based surveys for healthcare professionals along with his motivations for designing the first virtual gallery for the LGBTQ+ community.
00:00 Preview 00:28 Introduction 00:48 About Kelvin Kung 01:50 Kelvin’s backstory to empathy-based design 06:09 Leveraging AI to design with empathy 12:26 Designing empathetically beyond architecture 17:15 The different lenses of architecture 19:25 Current trends in architecture and design 21:16 Gensler’s culture of empathy 23:12 Architecture in healthcare: machine-learning-based surveys for healthcare professionals 27:41 Designing the first virtual gallery for the LGBTQ+ community 30:34 Kelvin Kung’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KELVIN KUNG ✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvin-k-47921a117
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Watch this episode to learn why storytelling is such a powerful way to develop empathy.
Dr. Maria Keckler is the Director of International Affairs Strategy & Communications at San Diego State University. Her research is at the intersection of story, neuroscience, psychology, and education, and aims to improve empathy, leadership, human connection, and our collective ability to tackle complex challenges. In this episode, she shares her personal empathy awakening, discusses how bridge-building can guide empathy research, and the importance of flexing our empathy muscles across every facet of our lives.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Maria Keckler
02:42 Maria’s empathy awakening
08:16 Bridge-Building as a guiding framework in Maria’s research
13:32 How can storytelling help us become better communicators?
16:59 The power of narrative medicine
18:40 How systems aren’t designed to be empathetic
19:22 A dive into complexity theory
21:52 Common misconceptions about empathy
25:11 How Maria’s empathy research has impacted her personal life
31:31 Dr. Maria Keckler’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MARIA KECKLER
✩ Twitter: http://twitter.com/mariakeckler
✩ Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/mariakeckler
✩ Instagram: http://instagram.com/mariakeckler
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Watch this episode to learn how storytelling through AI can deepen workplace trust, belonging and empathy.
Noah Godfrey is the Founder of The Real Human Project, a private podcast for teams to share personal stories and connect on a deeper level. In this episode, Noah describes why participants appreciate being interviewed by an AI chatbot. He also discusses how his work has improved his empathy skills, and the goal he has to help us overcome society’s empathy deficit.
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00:32 Introduction
00:50 About Noah Godfrey
01:23 What is The Real Human Project?
06:35 The paradox of using AI Chatbots for empathy-building
10:30 How The Real Human Project strengthens relationships
12:42 Testimonials and outcomes from The Real Human Project
14:45 How has The Real Human Project evolved?
16:33 Applications of The Project with different groups of people
17:55 How this work has helped Noah elevate his empathy skills
19:34 Exploring user responses to interview questions
23:04 Noah’s business philosophy for The Real Human Project
27:50 Noah Godfrey’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH NOAH GODFREY
✩ Website: https://realhuman.io/
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahgodfrey/
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Watch this episode to learn why bringing feelings into the workplace can improve organizational culture.
Renée Eaton is the Founder of Work + Joy and believes all workplaces should be filled with passion and excitement. In this episode, she discusses the importance of welcoming and prioritizing emotions at work, how organizations can promote emotional literacy, and describes how to foster a positive emotional culture.
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00:33 Introduction
00:53 About Renée Eaton
01:53 What is the ‘F word’ at work?
02:45 Why we're afraid to talk about feelings at work
04:27 How to promote emotional literacy among leaders
07:22 Treating emotions as data
09:01 Why should we care about emotions at work?
11:21 What is an "emotional culture?"
17:22 How to manage tensions between employee's needs and employer's expectations
19:53 What is an emotional culture deck?
21:32 How emotional cultures foster empathy
25:15 The importance of recognizing our own feelings
27:15 How can organizations improve their emotional cultures?
29:30 Renée Eaton’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH RENÉE EATON
✩ Website: https://workplusjoy.com/
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneeeaton/
✩ Company Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workplusjoy/
✩ Emotional Culture Deck: https://www.ridersandelephants.com/the-emotional-culture-deck
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn about the simple - but powerful - benefits of touch.
Dr. Michael Banissy is a social neuroscientist at the University of Bristol who studies affection, communication, sleep, empathy, and touch. He is also the author of Touch Matters: Handshakes, Hugs, and the New Science on How Touch Can Enhance Your Well-being. In this episode, he explains how humans experience empathy, connection and belonging through touch and offers his thoughts about whether or not robots can offer similar touch benefits.
00:00 Preview
00:32 Introduction
00:50 About Dr. Michael Banissy
02:27 Outcomes of The Touch Test (the world’s largest study of touch)
04:28 Michael’s personal experience as a touch scientist
06:25 The benefits of different kinds of touch
09:23 The importance of touch for children and babies
11:17 How social connection improves our well-being
14:05 How touch connects us to our environments
16:08 Can technology replicate physical touch?
21:26 How do we experience empathy?
25:50 The value of empathy in workplace collaboration
26:45 Techniques to flex our empathy muscles
31:37 Dr. Michael Banissy’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. MICHAEL BANISSY
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-banissy/
✩ Twitter: @mbanissy
✩ Instagram: @mbanissy
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
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Watch this episode to learn how to close the empathy gap.
Jen Marr is Founder and CEO of Inspiring Comfort, a social good company founded on the belief that today’s isolated, socially disconnected and hurting world demands that we do a better job of caring for one another. In this episode, Jen shares how powerful life experiences - including her work with the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting - led her to empathy work. She also shares a daily ritual of reaching out to loved ones to offer the reciprocal warm glow of empathy.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Jen Marr
01:32 Jen’s back story to empathy work
06:38 Jen’s experience working with survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
10:02 Why supportive care is so important
12:22 How to cross the empathy gap through the "Awkward Zone"
16:38 Strategies for showing up through the Awkward Zone
19:47 The science of human care
22:55 How Jen’s work has shaped her personal life
28:46 Jen Marr’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH JEN MARR
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenmarr/
✩ Website: https://www.inspiringcomfort.com/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to learn how and why we should raise children who care about the common good.
Dr. Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard and Director of the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort that helps educators, parents, and communities raise children who are caring, respectful and responsible toward others and their communities. In this episode, Richard explains why we should raise the next generation to be more altruistic, how we can model empathic behaviour in the home, and why having empathic expectations of our children is beneficial to them.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Richard Weissbourd
02:04 How to raise kind, caring, and empathic children
04:38 Why parents should model empathic behaviour
05:15 Setting empathy expectations in the home
06:25 Why Richard is trying to make "caring common"
08:33 Richard’s perspective on empathy and justice
12:32 How schools and families can elevate empathy
15:24 Turning the Tide: rewarding ethical care in college applications
18:56 Challenges in advancing equity in college admissions
20:11 Richard Weissbourd’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH RICHARD WEISSBOURD
✩ The Children we Mean to Raise Report: https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/children-mean-raise
✩ About Rick: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/richard-weissbourd
✩ The Making Caring Common Project: https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn about human-environment-interaction and how empathy can enhance urban health and wellbeing.
Dr. Nimish Biloria is an Architect, emergent technologies and design specialist and Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In this episode, he discusses equity in the urban environment, the importance of people-centred design, and how we can advocate for more sustainable, liveable cities. He also critiques neoliberal smart cities and advocates for human-centrism.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Nimish Biloria
02:08 What is Human-Environment-Interaction?
04:30 What is an "Empathic Environment?"
07:43 Why urban design should be purposeful and people-centred
10:33 Nimish’s journey to architecture
16:17 Equity and community in our built environments
20:10 Urban well-being in the age of neoliberalism and smart cities
23:31 Advocating for sustainable, liveable cities
29:07 The importance of connection in urban contexts
34:20 Going from “techno-centrism" to "human-centrism"
38:30 What inclusion in a built environment looks like
40:47 Dr. Nimish Biloria’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. NIMISH BILORIA
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimishbiloria/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
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✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to learn how we can centre empathy in end-of-life plans and become “death positive."
Krittika Sharma is an End-of-Life Care Educator and Advocator and Founder of Maajhi, an organization committed to enhancing death literacy, and the former director of Death Over Dinner (in India). In this episode, Krittika discusses how to have compassionate conversations about death and prepare for loss with empathy. She is passionate about ensuring that people die well and on their own terms, with the grace and dignity they deserve.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Krittika Sharma
02:37 What led Krittika to the end-of-life-care space
06:35 Why we should all be "death positive"
12:18 How talk to kids about death
14:10 Preparing for loss through empathic conversations
18:02 Planning your end-of-life
19:58 Seeing beauty in loss
21:58 What is "Death Over Dinner”?
27:08 Maajhi’s backstory
28:20 What is an "Obituary to Self”?
31:34 Last Dialogue: how to talk about loss, love, and life
33:00 What is a "Death Meditation”?
37:47 The intersection of purposeful empathy and end-of-life-care
42:02 Krittika Sharma’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KRITTIKA SHARMA
✩ Website: https://www.maajhi.com
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krittikasharma
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to learn what flower essences can teach us about empathy.
Dr. Kyra Mesich is a clinical psychologist and author of The Strength of Sensitivity who has worked at the forefront of holistic emotional wellbeing for more than 2 years using flower essence therapy, yoga, hypnotherapy, and Indigenous healing traditions. In this episode, Kyra discusses how nature can nurture empathy, why fear is the cause of our empathy deficit, and how we can tune into our “Empathic Solar Plexus."
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Kyra Mesich
01:45 How Kyra defines empathy
04:11 Embodied Empathy: why Kyra specializes in working with sensitive people
14:08 The importance of holistic health treatments
15:16 What is Flower Essence Therapy?
22:05 Treating depression with flower essences
23:55 Healing our emotional wounds and combating emotional contagion with Yarrow
27:41 Maintaining our energetic hygiene with Yarrow flowers
31:30 How fear is at the root of our empathy deficit
35:13 Empathic Solar Plexus: A guided meditation
39:13 Reconnecting to empathy through nature
40:52 Pausing to recharge our empathy
42:38 Dr. Kyra Mesich’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. KYRA MESICH
✩ Website: https://drkyra.com
✩ Empathic Solar Plexus meditation: https://youtu.be/xZDssIDg0zA
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to learn how empathic leadership can help bridge ideological divides in the workplace.
Dr. Nicole Price is the author of Spark The Heart: Engineering Empathy In Your Organization and CEO of Lively Paradox, a professional coaching business that focuses on practicing empathy in leadership. In this episode, she explains how people can learn empathy to bring humanity back into the workforce.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Nicole Price
01:50 Why Nicole believes we need an “Empathy Revolution"
03:42 Two ways to become more empathic
06:08 Practicing cognitive empathy through perspective-taking
07:55 Nicole’s path from an engineer to empathy work
13:45 The importance of empathic leadership
15:20 How to bring empathy into any conversation
17:14 How empathy work has changed Nicole’s life
20:25 Nicole discusses her new book Spark the Heart
25:15 Dr. Nicole Price’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. NICOLE PRICE
✩ Twitter: @drnicoleprice
✩ Website: https://drnicoleprice.com
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
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✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to learn why holistic medicine can be as powerful as allopathic medicine.
Dr. Erica Steele is a board-certified naturopathic doctor. Her 20 years of experience in holistic medicine has taught her the importance of truly listening to her patients with empathy. In this episode, she shares the healing power of drugless medicine, why emotions are a big part of illness, and why she is determined to put the human back into the practice of medicine.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Dr. Erica Steele
01:48 The difference between: a naturopathic doctor; a Doctor of Natural Medicine; and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner
04:52 The relationship between holistic and allopathic medicine
07:34 How can people take responsibility for their health?
12:31 Why holistic medicine is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model
14:28 What led Erica to holistic medicine
18:18 The future of holistic medicine
22:45 Bringing feminine energy and cultural diversity into holistic medicine
24:41 Empathy’s impact on patient outcomes and satisfaction
29:53 The important relationship between emotions and pathology
32:55 How Erica has developed empathic practices with her patients
38:36 What is "human ascension”?
40:40 Dr. Erica Steele’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. ERICA STEELE
✩ Website: https://www.drericasteele.com/
✩ Instagram: @dr_erica_steele
✩ Facebook: @calldrsteele
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericasteele/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
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✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
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Watch this episode to learn more about empathy from one of the world’s leading human emotion experts.
Karla McLaren is an award-winning author, researcher, empathy expert, and founder of Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy. In this episode, she walks us through her Six Essential Aspects of Empathy. She also describes why she has empathy for those who are often in “empathy exile” - including men, people on the Autism spectrum, narcissists, and even psychopaths.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Karla McLaren
03:06 What’s the history of the word empathy?
06:24 The “broccoli-Goldfish study” and early reasoning about desire
10:08 How Karla frames empathy
12:28 Empathizing with folk in “empathy exile”
21:00 Karla’s opinion about those who are "against empathy"
23:03 Karla's "Six Essential Aspects of Empathy"
31:00 About Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy
34:46 Why shame is a precursor to empathy
38:49 Is empathy a necessary skill for leadership?
41:56 Karla McLaren’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KARLA MCLAREN
✩ Website: https://karlamclaren.com
✩ Empathy Academy Website: https://empathyacademy.org
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Watch this episode to be inspired by a social entrepreneur who is dedicating her life to empowering women.
Jennifer Lonergan is the Founder and Executive Director of Artistri Sud, a non-profit organization that provides micro-entrepreneurship and leadership training to women in low-income countries with the goal of empowering them to create sustainable livelihoods and effect social change. In this episode, Jennifer reflects on her professional journey, from museum curator to social impact work. She also describes the benefits of doing work on purpose and offers insight into how others can do the same.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Jennifer Lonergan
01:47 Artistri Sud’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
05:08 Jennifer shares an impact story from Artistri Sud
12:30 How Jennifer addresses concerns about "white saviorism"
17:53 An excerpt about Jennifer from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy
21:44 Jennifer reflects on her professional journey
22:26 Jennifer’s message to others trying to find their purpose
27:05 The role of empathy in taking action
28:15 Artistri Sud’s new direction
32:26 Jennifer Lonergan’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH JENNIFER LONERGAN
✩ Website: http://www.artistrisud.org/
✩TED Talk: https://youtu.be/DbtfYNKYing
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lonergan-phd-058aaa15/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to hear how purpose turned a pack-a-day smoker into an ultra distance running champion.
Ray Zahab is the Founder of impossible2Possible, a non-profit organization that aims to inspire and educate youth through adventure learning, inclusion and participation in expeditions. In this episode, he shares how he turned his life around at the age of 30, and how his expeditions prepared him mentally to conquer cancer.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About Ray Zahab
01:47 An excerpt about Ray from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy
05:47 Ray reflects and describes how he radically changed his lifestyle
07:40 Ray’s message to people who want a more fulfilling life
09:52 Ray’s experience with cancer and cancer treatments
14:32 How Ray’s expeditions have taught him resilience
17:43 Ray’s organization impossible2Possible
21:24 About Kapik1 - an expedition and coffee company
24:46 What motivates Ray to go on extreme expeditions?
26:32 How empathy plays a role in Ray’s work and life
29:50 Ray Zahab’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH RAY ZAHAB
✩ Website: https://www.rayzahab.com/about/
✩ KAPIK1 Website: https://kapik1.com/
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-zahab-974a5429/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how a social entrepreneur is leveraging technology to combat sexual violence across the world.
ElsaMarie D’Silva is the Founder of the Red Dot Foundation and creator of SafeCity, a technology platform that crowdsources personal experiences of sexual violence and abuse in public and private spaces globally. In this episode, Anita reads an excerpt from her book, Purposeful Empathy, featuring a story about Elsa. And Elsa describes the impact of #MeToo, how people in power can raise awareness about sexual violence, and what it means to work with purpose.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About ElsaMarie D'Silva
02:20 Anita reads an excerpt about Elsa from her book Purposeful Empathy
05:27 Elsa reflects on her work’s original mission
06:43 The role empathy has played in Elsa’s life and work
07:31 How allies can use their privilege and relative power to address sexual violence
08:45 How #MeToo intersects with SafeCity
12:21 How Elsa practices self-empathy
14:03 Elsa’s thoughts about working with purpose
16:39 The technology behind SafeCity
19:15 How people and corporations can use SafeCity
21:36 Empathy’s place in solving global issues
22:47 ElsaMarie D’Silva’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ELSAMARIE D’SILVA
✩ Twitter: @elsamariedsilva, @TheSafeCityApp
✩ Instagram: @elsamarie_ds @TheSafeCityApp
✩ Facebook: @elsa.dsilva @Safecity.in
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsadsilva /
https://www.linkedin.com/company/safecity/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to hear why a former Microsoft executive left his job to become a social entrepreneur.
John Wood is the CEO and founder of U-Go, a non-profit organization that helps young women in low-income countries pursue higher education. He is also the founder of Room to Read, an award-winning NGO that has served over 23 million children in 43,000 communities in 20 low-income countries. In this episode, he shares his journey as a “corporate refugee,” and describes the importance of purpose - both in one’s personal life and within a corporation.
00:00 Introduction
00:21 About John Wood
02:38 What is U-Go?
04:51 Impact stories from U-Go
05:31 John’s lessons as an entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur
08:54 And excerpt about John from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy
14:14 Why John left Room to Read to found U-Go
18:52 The business case for leading with purpose
24:21 How purpose can improve our personal lives
31:04 Empathy’s role in John’s life and work
33:43 John Wood’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH JOHN WOOD
✩ U-Go Website: https://ugouniversity.org/
✩ Room to Read Website: https://www.roomtoread.org/
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwoodrtr/
✩ Purpose, Incorporated on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/PurposeIncorporated
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how happiness creates a mindset for success - from the inside out.
Beth Wuller is Founder and Chief Intention Officer of Neugroove, a platform that invites others to celebrate new ways of thinking, living, and being. In this episode, she discusses the importance of work-life balance, the contagion of our emotions, and the benefits we can reap from prioritizing happiness in our lives. She also describes why she wrote a children's book called Making Friends with Feelings.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Beth Wuller
01:53 What is a happiness mindset?
04:27 The power of intentionality for healing mental illness
08:13 What does coaching for happiness look like?
10:38 Why leisure time is so important
12:40 The benefits of prioritizing happiness
13:55 Putting a happiness mindset into practice
18:43 Beth describes the dream she has for Neugroove
20:53 What is an "Emotion Wheel" and how is it used?
23:50 Beth discussed her children’s book, Making Friends with Feelings
27:32 Beth Wuller’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH BETH WULLER
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-wuller-7652855/
✩Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Neugroove
✩Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neugroove/
✩ Neugroove Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neugroove/
✩ Website: https://www.makingfriendswithfeelings.com/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn about the Inner Development Goals and their role in promoting human connection.
Daniel Hires is the Director of Partnerships & Communications for the Inner Development Goals, a non-profit organization founded by Ekskäret Foundation to make research and knowledge about inner development accessible. In this episode, he discusses the importance of focusing on connection over consumption, “calling in” over “calling out,” and the important role empathy plays in our inner ecology.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Daniel Hires
01:45 Daniel’s TED Talk about consumption versus connection
04:46 Major turning points which have led Daniel to his work
07:07 The practice of code-switching to communicate across boundaries
08:24 What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
11:36 What are the Inner Development Goals (IDGs)?
17:11 The mission of the IDGs
20:45 How Daniel intentionally practices the IDGs
23:50 Broad impacts of the IDGs
27:02 The difference between “calling in" vs "calling out"
28:29 Empathy as one of the 23 skills and qualities of the IDGs
32:56 What is our "inner ecology" and why is it important?
35:33 Daniel Hires’ Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DANIEL HIRES
✩Website: https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
✩IDG Summit Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6-zeAAFSXQ
✩Charles Eisenstein’s The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible: https://tinyurl.com/TheMoreBeautifulWorld
✩ Daniel Christian Wahl’s Designing Regenerative Cultures: https://tinyurl.com/RegenerativeCultures
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to hear a children’s book author discuss the importance of being present with our children at story-time.
Andrew Newman is an award-winning author and founder of ConsciousStories.com, a series of bedtime stories crafted to support the parent-child connection in the last 20 minutes of the day. In this episode, Andrew discusses the importance of engaging in restorative practices with our kids to foster connection and empathy. He also walks us through a "snuggle breathing" meditation and reads from his book, The Little Brain People.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Andrew Newman
04:00 Why do the last 20 minutes of the day matter?
07:28 Andrew’s "Snuggle Breathing Meditation"
12:25 Andrew reads The Little Brain People
16:47 Children’s reactions to his book
20:04 The connection between empathy and story-time
24:00 The importance of staying present while reading and having conversations
25:43 Andrew asks Anita: How does story-time affect empathy?
30:57 The helpfulness of recognizing childrens’ emotions
32:53 The benefits of "conscious discipline"
35:26 The connection between creativity and healing
40:24 Andrew Newman’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH ANDREW NEWMAN
✩Website: www.consciousstories.com
✩Professional Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/consciousbedtimestories/
✩Andrew’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewsamnewman/
✩ Andrew’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_newman_why_the_last_20_minutes_of_the_day_matter
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Watch this episode to learn what horses can teach us about self-empathy and becoming better versions of ourselves.
Losira Okelo is the founder of Bocheval, an equine coaching organization for personal and professional growth. In this episode, she shares stories about how horses can help people understand themselves better, heal from trauma, and prevent or recover from burnout. She also explains how horses provide powerful insights into how we work, treat others and lead teams.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Losira Okelo
02:32 Do horses have empathy?
07:24 What the mammalian system can teach us about horses and humans
13:06 Applying lessons from horses to our lives
15:47 Examples of "The Improved I"
19:40 The power of integrity and vulnerability as a measure of self-care
20:50 Losira’s brother’s experience at Bocheval
22:20 Bocheval’s mission and values
25:13 Losira Okelo’s Purposeful Empathy Stories
CONNECT WITH LOSIRA OKELO
✩Website: www.bocheval.com
✩Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bocheval_eal/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn what horses can teach us about leadership, team dynamics, and personal growth.
Anouk Lorie is the Founder and President of Wásábi Coaching and Leadership, a training centre that provides equine facilitated learning and coaching. In this episode, she discusses the significance of biomimicry and what we can learn from nature, what brought her to equine coaching, and why today’s organizations must have empathic leadership
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Anouk Lorie
02:48 What is biomimicry?
04:55 How horses can teach us about personal and organizational transformation
08:23 Anita’s experience with equine coaching
09:37 Do horses have emotional intelligence?
10:42 Anouk’s journey from the business world to equine coaching
13:42 Somatic signals from horses
19:04 How horses can help leaders combat imposter syndrome, false and limiting beliefs, and fear
22:01 What horses can teach CEOs about delegation
24:48 Watch equine coaching in action
28:56 Why leaders must become more empathic
31:57 Healthy empathy vs. unhealthy empathy
35:25 How workplace teams can deal with change and newcomers
39:41 Leadership lessons from horses
41:52 Anouk Lorie’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ANOUK LORIE
✩Website: www.wasabicoaching.com
✩Linkedin Anouk : www.linkedin.com/in/anouk-lorie-wasabicoaching
✩ Linkedin Wásábi : www.linkedin.com/company/w%C3%A1s%C3%A1bi-coaching-leadership/
✩ Facebook Anouk : www.facebook.com/anouk.lorie.5
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✩Photographer : studioepiphanie.com
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Watch this episode to learn why trauma-informed training is essential to fight the epidemic of workplace harassment and bullying.
Linda Crockett is a social worker-turned workplace harassment and anti-bullying specialist. She is also the founder of the Canadian Institute Of Workplace Bullying Resources. In this episode, she shares her personal story as a victim of workplace bullying, and makes the case for why leaders and organizations must do more to promote psychological safety at work.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Linda Crockett
01:47 What is workplace bullying?
04:46 The injuries of workplace bullying
08:54 The prevalence of workplace bullying
09:50 Linda’s lived experience with workplace bullying
13:13 What are the tactics of a workplace bully?
19:51 The spectrum of workplace bullies
25:16 The bystanders of workplace bullying
27:33 Why silence and shame are dangerous in a toxic workplace
29:05 The need for trauma-informed investigations
31:40 Linda’s message to business leaders
33:22 What trauma-informed training looks like
39:11 Linda Crockett’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH LINDA CROCKETT
✩Website: https://instituteofworkplacebullyingresources.ca/
✩Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ciwpbr
✩ Twitter:@bullyingalberta
✩ Instagram: @workplace_harassment_resources
✩ Media: https://instituteofworkplacebullyingresources.ca/media/
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Listen to this episode to learn about the therapeutic power of psychedelics.
Dr. Alex Belser is a licensed psychologist who has devoted the past 20 years
to psychedelic research with psilocybin, MDMA, Ketamine, and DMT, especially as a treatment for OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). In this episode, he discusses the renaissance of psychedelics, their treatment potential, and how they promote empathy
and human flourishing.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Dr. Alex Belser
02:00 Alex’s backstory to researching psychedelics
08:58 The science behind using psychedelics to treat mental illnesses
11:50 Leading theories in psychedelic research
17:19 How does Alex respond to critics?
21:58 A success story of treating OCD with psilocybin
26:39 How psychedelics promote empathy
30:05 Alex explains the “ O.C.E.A.N" of human personalities
34:12 How psychedelics can combat "the epidemic of disconnection"
39:35 The spiritual dimension of psychedelic use
45:55 Dr. Alex Belser’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. ALEX BELSER
✩Website: https://alexbelser.com/
✩Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-belser/
✩ Center for Breakthroughs Website: https://www.centerforbreakthroughs.com/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn what an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India has to say about moral technology & AI.
Divya Dwivedi is an AI Ethics and Cyber Diplomacy Expert, Gender Equality Activist, and social entrepreneur. In this episode, she shares what inspired her fascinating academic journey (from engineering to MBA to law) and why she is passionate about the ethics of artificial intelligence. She believes technology is spiritual (transcending religion), and that moral AI can pave the way towards a more just and equitable society.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Divya Dwivedi
01:47 Divya’s work, passion, and career path
04:13 Her commitment to empowering girls in India
05:31 About the JND Charitable Trust
09:26 Divya’s journey with AI
11:09 Why the world needs more empathy
14:03 India’s "culture of sharing"
16:44 The moral and spiritual nature of technology
22:51 Divya Dwivedi’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DIVYA DWIVDEI
✩Website: http://jndctrust.org/
✩Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyadwivedi04/
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Watch this episode to learn why belonging and empathy are necessary to combat the epidemic of loneliness.
Kim Samuel is an activist and educator who is driving a global movement for the #RightToBelong. In this episode, she discusses her debut book On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation in which she argues that belonging is a human birthright. She also shares what she learned in a meeting with Nelson Mandela and why she remains hopeful about the future of humanity.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Kim Samuel
02:44 The connection between belonging and empathy
07:15 What drives Kim’s passion for belonging
09:03 Kim’s meeting with Nelson Mandela
12:02 What belonging means to Kim (aka the 4 P’s)
13:25 What teaching has taught Kim about belonging and purpose
16:43 The political and spiritual nature of belonging
24:08 Unpacking Kim’s Globe & Mail op-ed about the rise in authoritarianism and rise in loneliness
29:01 Why Kim is hopeful about the future
31:47 Kim explains the "hermeneutic of generosity”
35:15 How we benefit by extending a sense of belonging to others
37:32 Kim Samuel’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KIM SAMUEL
✩Website: https://onbelongingbook.com/
✩Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-samuel-816ba7103/
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Watch this episode to hear a former marine explain why empathy is key to leadership.
Thom Dennis is the founder & CEO of Serenity in Leadership, a culture change consulting firm based in the UK. In this episode, he describes why both masculine and feminine energy are needed for organizational success. He also calls for more feminine energy to heal our personal and collective traumas and change the world.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Thom Dennis
02:34 Why Thom named his podcast ‘Serenity in Leadership’
07:40 About Thom’s first company Phoenix Obsidian
09:39 Unpacking the meaning of masculine and feminine energy
15:10 The London Fire Brigade: A case study of toxic masculinity
19:15 How #MeToo and #TimesUp impacted workplace dynamics
23:30 How COVID changed the workplace and why empathy is needed more than ever
28:15 Why and how does trauma inhibit empathy?
33:28 How can leaders become more empathic?
38:14 Thom Dennis’ Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH THOM DENNIS
✩Website: https://serenityinleadership.com
✩LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/SerenityinLeadership
✩Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenityinleadership/
✩Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomdennis
✩Youtube: https://youtu.be/QbNj52P38OY
✩Serenity in Leadership Youtube: http://bit.ly/SiLYouTube
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Watch this episode to learn how mindfulness can be harnessed to promote more self-compassion and empathy for others.
Bassam Khoury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology at McGill University and head of the Mindfulness Research Lab. In this episode, as an engineer-turned-psychologist, he describes how mindfulness and compassion could help change the world.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Dr. Bassam Khoury
02:28 The practice of mindfulness
04:40 How mindfulness promotes empathy
08:30 The difference between intra-personal and inter-personal mindfulness
09:58 What is the connection between compassion and mindfulness?
12:17 The four angles of compassion
20:02 Bassam’s path from engineering to psychology
23:12 How being mindful has changed Bassam’s life
26:14 Why is mindfulness so important in today’s society?
32:48 Daily practices to cultivate compassion
39:24 The benefits of mindfulness and compassion
43:13 Dr. Bassam Khoury’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. BASSAM KHOURY
✩ McGill Mindfulness Research Lab: https://www.mcgill.ca/mmrl/
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Watch this episode to hear a psychiatrist, author, and Buddhist practitioner discuss the benefits of and need for self-compassion.
Dr. Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and founder of SF Love Dojo, an organization that promotes love (beyond eros) to improve society. In this episode, he discusses the significance of inter-generational trauma, and how we can leverage love to promote empathy in ourselves, our families, and others around us.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Ravi Chandra
01:28 Ravi’s academic and personal journey to his empathy work
03:31 How Ravi’s thinking about the power of empathy and compassion has evolved over time
07:10 The benefits of Buddhist traditions and practices as they pertain to living a full life
08:48 Extending empathy across ideological divides
11:59 How empathy is subordinated by power
14:11 How Ravi’s experiences of marginalization have helped him become more empathic
15:51 The power of love at a personal and collective level
18:12 What happens to us physiologically when we practise self-compassion?
19:53 The deep roots of contempt in our society
20:56 The importance of collective trauma discourse
24:20 The Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale (ACES) scale
25:52 Repairing mental health struggles through connection and belonging
27:28 Ravi’s organization, SF Love Dojo
28:54 What it means to be an empathic physician
30:40 Ravi Chandra’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. RAVI CHANDRA
✩ Linkedin; https://www.linkedin.com/in/rchandra/
✩ Website; http://www.ravichandramd.com/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/going2peace
✩Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravichandramd/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to hear a child psychologist discuss strategies for parents to manage children’s pain.
Dr. Christine Chambers is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Paediatrics at Dalhousie University, whose work focuses on pain management in children. In this episode, she offers parents specific strategies to reduce pain when children are afraid of needles or getting immunized.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Christine Chambers
01:43 Why newborn surgeries did not include anaesthesia until relatively recently
04:08 Christine's describes the "It Doesn’t Have to Hurt” social media campaign
06:04 How to decrease children’s pain during vaccinations
08:58 Strategies for parents when children are in pain
11:14 How to manage family risk without adding anxiety to our children
13:30 Advice to address the psychological pain that often results from social media
15:35 The importance of listening and learning from our kids
16:45 Empathy’s role in pain management
19:45 Dr. Christine Chambers’ Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. CHRISTINE CHAMBERS
✩ TED Talk; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6RY7L2vVo
✩ Website; https://www.drcchambers.ca/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to hear a veteran ER physician explore how the culture of medicine often hinders empathy in patient care.
Dr. Brian Goldman is author of The Power of Kindness and The Power of Teamwork. In this episode, he describes how we can promote empathy in healthcare and beyond. Through powerful personal stories, he shares why “toxic shame" is kryptonite within his profession and how he works to transcend it.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Brian Goldman
02:34 Brian shares a story from the the ER that inspired him to write The Power of Kindness
13:35 Brian’s life-long experience with ‘toxic shame’
19:31 The stigma of vulnerability in the medical field
21:40 What stops us from being empathic all the time?
26:45 How Brian’s own errors as a physician made him more empathic
37:00 Shifting our perception of vulnerability (from shame to love)
38:39 The seduction of selfishness in our society
39:43 Gendered differences in empathy and revenge
42:02 COVID’s impact on medicine and empathy
48:21 The connection between empathy and teamwork
52:24 Dr. Brian Goldman’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. BRIAN GOLDMAN
✩ Twitter: @NightshiftMD
✩ Power of Teamwork Book: https://powerofteamworkbook.com/
✩ TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that
✩ CBC White Coat: cbc.ca/whitecoat
✩ The Power of Kindness: https://tinyurl.com/Power-of-Kindness
✩The Secret Language of Doctors: https://tinyurl.com/The-Secret-Language
✩The Night Shift: https://tinyurl.com/The-Night-Shift
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn about the neural mechanisms that underpin our natural capacity to empathize.
Marco Iacoboni, MD, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA who investigates brain systems and mechanisms for higher cognitive functions, in particular social cognition. He is also the author of Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others. In this episode, he explains how humans evolved to be empathic, describes how mirror neurons work, and argues that empathy can help combat our society’ deep-seated divisions.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Marco Iacoboni
03:29 His reflections on empathy, 15 years after publishing Mirroring People
07:15 Why Marco is passionate about the brain mechanisms of empathy
11:29 The Chameleon Effect: Imitation and empathy
14:02 How we evolved to be empathic
16:28 Combating social divisiveness with empathy
18:39 Mirror neurons: The neural mechanism of empathy
24:34 What is "Existential Neuroscience?"
27:13 How Marco's research has changed him
29:02 Is empathy good for the empathizer?
34:55 Advice on becoming more empathic
37:40 Marco’s perspective on psychedelics
38:31 Marco Iacoboni’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn about the importance of visual social cues in cognition and how face-masks impact our ability to connect with one another.
Professor of Psychology, Jelena Ristic, is an expert in human attention and social cognition. In this episode, she discusses how opaque face masks (such as those typically worn throughout COVID-19) impacts our capacity to discern emotions. She also unpacks other fascinating findings from research conducted in her lab about the role facial cues have in human communication.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Jelena Ristic
01:44 About Jelena’s research on cognition and social communication
07:15 What causes preferential bias in faces?
12:03 How we detect and discern social cues through facial expressions
14:01 How familiarity plays a role in in communication
15:55 The combination between the cognitive and social components in communication
17:50 What is the impact of face-masks on empathy?
19:26 The 6 basic emotions we can reliably recognize
22:22 Can transparent face-masks restore emotional recognition?
25:12 The broader societal impacts of wearing masks
30:13 Dr. Jelena Ristic’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. JELENA RISTIC
✩ Twitter: @ProfRistic
✩ ASC Lab Twitter: @ASCLabMcgill
✩ McGill Twitter: @McgillU
✩ McGill Psychology Twitter: @McGillPsych
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to hear a Psychology Today blogger discuss how we can become better friends and listeners using three kinds of empathy.
Dr. Arthur J. Clark is a widely-published researcher in the mental health field and Professor Emeritus at St. Lawrence University. In this episode, he explains the difference between empathy and sympathy and the importance of empathy for cultivating human relationships.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Arthur J. Clark
01:20 What is "subjective empathy”?
07:08 How studying empathy has transformed Arthur’s life
10:16 Becoming a better listener using empathy
13:30 Empathic boundary-setting
18:40 Using empathy to understand silences
21:46 Empathy vs. sympathy
25:30 Arthur’s approach to consoling others
27:25 Training ourselves to be more empathic
30:38 Empathy lessons from President Biden
32:18 Arthur J. Clark’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. ARTHUR J. CLARK
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-clark-20695275/
✩ Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dawn-memories
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to hear a "Teacher of the Year"explain how art education promotes empathy and a sense of belonging in children.
Jonathan Juravich is an elementary school teacher in Ohio who is passionate about developing self-awareness and empathy in his students through art and creativity. In this episode, he describes the use of a “mood meter” and discusses how small everyday acts of kindness lead to transformative change in students’ lives and how we all have a role to play in fostering this kind of change.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Jonathan Juravich
01:45 Why Jonathan loves teaching
05:58 The importance of having support systems as an educator
07:48 Why self-awareness is needed to have empathy
12:03 What is a "mood meter”?
14:26 How Jonathan helps students develop self-awareness
15:54 How adults can model empathy for kids
19:19 The impact of social media on youth
23:40 How small moments can have big impacts on others
29:13 The connection between art education and empathy
32:13 Jonathan describes his show "Drawing with Mr. J"
36:46 Jonathan Juravich’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH JONATHAN JURAVICH
✩ Instagram: @jjuravich
✩ Twitter: @jjuravich
✩ Drawing with Mr. J: wosu.org/mrj
✩ TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMpEzpSwy0k
✩ The Art of SEL Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-sel/id1566628859
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Watch this episode to hear how "The Village" promotes love, belonging, and empathy through stories.
Brenda Keesal is the Founder and Creative Director of The Village, a media platform that hosts gatherings for human connection through storytelling. In this episode, Brenda discusses her journey from filmmaking to social innovation, as well as the goal of "Hearts of Ukraine,” The Village's first social impact campaign. She believes opening our hearts to one another is a path to peace and social change.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Brenda Keesal
03:04 What is the power of filmmaking?
05:55 Brenda’s describes her "emotional action films"
09:20 Brenda’s ‘Eureka!’ moment which led to founding ‘Story Time’
12:33 The importance of emotional safety when storytelling
17:12 Brenda’s road to intentional healing and togetherness
20:22 What is "The Village” and what does it hope to accomplish?
21:10 Brenda describes "Hearts of Ukraine"
24:35 A powerful example from The Village’s social impact campaign
29:05 How The Village is a celebration of humanity
31:41 How to join The Village
39:57 Brenda Keesal’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH BRENDA KEESAL
✩ https://linktr.ee/weare.thevillage
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Watch this episode to learn how to meet the fast-changing needs of customers with empathy.
Nadia “Luna" Therrien is an Empathy Culture Creator dedicated to helping organizations to deliver more empathic experiences to their customers. In this episode, she describes how empathy fosters human connections and unpacks her L.U.S.S.O method of empathy - using hotels as the primary case study.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Nadia Therrien
01:46 Nadia’s backstory to empathy work
06:20 Harnessing empathy to create better customer connections
10:09 Nadia's definition of empathy
13:55 What is the L.U.S.S.O method of empathy?
15:01 L.U.S.S.O: the 5 skills for empathy
18:50 The power of positivity
21:33 How to center empathy in the customer experience
24:57 How to instil a culture of empathy in the workplace
30:53 Nadia Therrien’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH NADIA THERRIEN
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadiatluna/
✩ Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lussonaagency/
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Watch this episode to hear a leadership coach explain why a speak-up culture is needed in high-performance workplaces.
Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky is author of Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step up (forthcoming).In this episode, he discusses what he learned working with Simon Sinek for many years and unpacks what he means by "speak-up culture, a term he coined to describe what happens when organizations offer employees psychological safety and agency to fearlessly speak their truth.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Shed Shedletzky
02:01 Why aren’t we more empathic as a society?
06:41 How leaders can create a more empathic world
10:37 What it means for trust to be a ‘belief’
12:40 How are leaders created?
14:05 Why leaders have a responsibility to show empathy
17:08 What is speak-up culture?
19:30 The difference between speak-up culture and cancel culture
22:56 Understanding the difference between Intent and impact in cancel culture
25:47 Shed’s experience working with SImon Sinek
29:08 Shed’s advice for emerging leaders
31:36 Are we choosing the right leaders?
34:06 Shed Shedletzky’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH STEPHEN SHEDLETZKY
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Watch this episode to learn how "social empathy" can be used to catalyze positive social change.
Dr. Elizabeth Segal is a Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University and the author of Social Empathy: The Art of Understanding Others. In this episode, she discusses how social empathy can inform good public policy, how power can diminish a leader’s capacity to empathize, and her surprising thoughts about performative empathy.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Elizabeth Segal
01:29 Elizabeth’s journey
05:15 What is "social empathy?"
07:30 Examples of social policies that embrace empathy
09:54 A turn towards empathetic public policy
13:26 Social empathy and climate change
15:20 The five components of empathy
20:34 How to become more empathic
24:04 Why is it important to set boundaries when practicing self-empathy?
26:18 Why power is a barrier to empathy
32:35 Truth, reconciliation, and empathy
34:51 Why performative empathy is useful
38:16 Elizabeth Segal’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. ELIZABETH SEGAL
✩ Psychology Today Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-empathy
✩ Social Empathy Book: http://tiny.cc/SocialEmpathy
✩ Assessing Empathy Book: http://tiny.cc/AssessingEmpathy
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Watch this episode to hear an emergency room physician make the case that we should expand our understanding of healing.
Dr. Anoop Kumar is an ER physician, author, and speaker, who advocates for a global ecosystem of healing. In this episode, he explains how the mind-body relationship impacts our capacity to heal and why is calling for a health revolution.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr.Anoop Kumar
01:49 Why Anoop started Health Revolution
05:00 Anoop describes Advaita (aka non-duality)
08:21 How did Advaita change Anoop’s practice of medicine?
10:54 Why the Western model of anatomy is incomplete
15:30 Anoop's four engines of healing
16:45 Anoop shares inspiring healing stories
25:46 The role of psychedelics
32:24 How to promote global healing
35:07 The importance of accessing our innate powers for wellbeing
37:50 Anoop describes his two books Michelangelo's Medicine and Is This a Dream?
40:30 Why love is the greatest healing power
43:36 Dr. Anoop Kumar’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. ANOOP KUMAR
✩ Healing is Possible Podcast https://youtube.com/c/HealingIsPossiblechannel
✩ Website healthrevolution.org
✩ Michelangelo's Medicine http://tiny.cc/MichelangelosMedicine
✩ Is This a Dream? http://tiny.cc/IsThisaDream
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Watch this episode to hear Dr. Judith Orloff describe how affirmations can change our lives and improve our capacity to empathize.
Dr. Judith Orloff is a psychiatrist and the New York Times best-selling author of The Empath’s Survival Guide. She specialises in treating highly sensitive, empathic people in her private practice. In this episode, she delves into her latest book Affirmations for Empaths, and discusses the neuroscientific benefit of using affirmations.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Judith Orloff
02:00 About Judith's new book Affirmations for Empaths
05:12 Can affirmations help prevent burnout in empaths?
7:13 The neuroscience of affirmations
11:33 Judith explains empathy as a spectrum
15:02 Judith’s advice for empaths
22:10 Judith's backstory to empathy work
29:20 What is the connection between intuition and empathy?
33:18 The importance of self-empathy
34:08 How to become better at listening to your intuition
38:15 How affirmations can improve an empath’s life
42:14 Dr. Judith Orloff’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH DR. JUDITH ORLOFF
✩Website www.drjudithorloff.com
✩Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrJudithOrloff/
✩Twitter https://twitter.com/JudithOrloffMD
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Watch this episode to hear a Stanford Professor Emeritus explain why empathy is necessary to save humanity.
Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at Stanford, where he taught for over half a century. He is an expert in evolution, ecology, and human biology and the author of The Population Bomb, considered one of the most influential books of the 20th Century.In this episode, he addresses the most existential problem facing humanity - climate change - and the significant role empathy plays in combating it.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Paul R. Ehrlich
02:43 Paul reflects on a passage from his 2010 book Humanity on a Tightrope
04:00 What is the “human predicament”?
05:48 Why women’s human rights matter for climate justice
07:32 Why Paul is not optimistic about solving the population problem
10:52 What is the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) Initiative at Stanford?
13:38 Empathy’s role in tackling existential problems
18:12 The downward spiral of the last 15 years
21:11 The root cause of our perilous situation
26:44 Pearls of wisdom for young people
29:12 Paul R. Ehrlich’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH PROFESSOR PAUL EHRLICH
✩MAHB Website https://mahb.stanford.edu/
✩ The Population Bomb https://tinyurl.com/4f53tkpt
✩ Humanity on a Tightrope https://tinyurl.com/yc5t7upp
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy is a practice that is available to everyone, not just the tender-hearted.
Karen Faith is the founder and CEO of Others Unlimited, an empathy training organisation for research, collaboration, and citizenship. In this episode, she explains how her research as an ethnographer has led her to develop a practice she calls “unconditional welcome.”
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Karen Faith
01:31 How empathy is a practice available to everyone
03:10 Using ethnography to expand your perspective
05:03 How being an ethnographer changes personal relationships
08:02 What is "unconditional welcome”?
11:04 Benefits of ethnography work
12:52 Using empathy to help “you understand me”
14:03 About Karen’s training curriculum
20:32 How can ethnography help companies better understand their customers?
23:45 What is the most misunderstood aspect of empathy?
25:17 The most astonishing thing Karen’s research has taught her
28:42 Karen Faith’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KAREN FAITH
✩Website https://www.othersunlimited.com/
✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/othersunlimited
✩ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/others-unlimited/
✩ TED Talk https://www.tedxkc.org/karen-faith
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Watch this episode to hear how one man’s trauma was converted into a tool that sparks empathic conversations.
Michael Tennant is the Founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab. In this episode, he shares how he uncovered his true calling after suffering major losses in his life and is now committed to using empathy to help foster mental health. He describes how the card games created by Curiosity Lab are being used in a variety of contexts to build bridges of understanding and inspire greater vulnerability and psychological safety in the workplace.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Michael Tennant
01:43 Why Curiosity Lab was created
03:37 How the Curiosity Lab card games are played
08:03 Who stands to benefit from playing the game?
10:58 Michael’s "catalyst of change"
18:19 How the Curiosity Lab card games are tools for healing
22:35 Curiosity Lab’s workshops
24:22 Michael discusses his upcoming book
25:14 Michael describes the "five phases of empathy"
29:21 How Michael became an ‘Empathy Expert’
32:03 Michael Tennant’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL TENNANT
✩Website https://www.actuallycurious.com/
✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/michaeltennantnyc
✩ Actually Curious Instagram https://www.instagram.com/actuallyc_rious/
✩ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-tennant/
✩ Curiosity Lab Website https://www.curiositylab.io/
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Watch this episode to hear a passionate progressive political activist make the case for listening to "both sides."
Joan Blades is the co-founder of LivingRoomConversations.org, an open-sourced effort to build respectful connections across ideological, cultural, and party lines while embracing our core shared values. In this episode, she explains why she felt compelled to launch this latest start-up (she also co-founded MomsRising.org & MoveOn.org) and describes the power of dialogue. She also shares how she’s forged many surprising friendships across the divides.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Joan Blades
01:53 What is a "living room conversation”?
04:43 How to change people's minds?
06:31 Who participates in "living room conversations” and how does it work?
10:02 Joan’s backstory
14:00 Building bridges across the political left and right
15:45 The impact of social media on political polarization
17:47 Exploring “The Power of Empathy” as one topic for a "living room conversation"
21:31 How has Joan’s activism impacted her personally?
25:26 Differences and similarities of values among political divides
26:56 Potential applications of "living room conversations"
33:24 Joan Blades’ Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH JOAN BLADES
✩Website LivingRoomConversations.org
✩ TED Talk https://livingroomconversations.org/video/lrc-at-ted-free-yourself-from-your-filter-bubbles/
✩ Forgiveness conversation highlights https://livingroomconversations.org/video/forgiveness-living-room-conversations-highlights/
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Watch this episode to learn how to practice “empathic discipline” with kids.
Dr. Davin Tan is a New Zealand based psychologist and founder of the Huddle Wisdom Podcast, a series that aims to help people optimize their mental health through the power of empathy. In this episode, he unpacks the concept of “empathy jamming” and why it’s an important feature of his clinical practice. He also shares some tips about how adults can build more empathic relationships with children to bolster their mental health and diminish their fears and anxiety.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Davin Tan
3:38 Davin explains what he means by “empathy jamming”
6:17 Davin describes how he “jams” with patients by being more perceptive
8:07 How magnets are a useful analogy for interactions between people
10:24 Can empathy be taught and learned?
12:50 Why self-awareness is key to empathy
14:02 What is the practice of "empathic discipline?"
17:55 An example of how to practice "empathic discipline"
23:10 How can parents practice empathy to help their anxious children?
27:11 The benefits of connection through storytelling
28:54 How can empaths use "rational empathy" to take better care for themselves
33:44 Davin Tan’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. DAVIN TAN
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/huddlewisdom
✩ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNE5QG2oYs2aZu7ldA0l78w
✩ Huddle Wisdom Website https://www.huddlewisdom.com/podcasts/the-huddle-wisdom-podcast
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Watch this episode to challenge your beliefs about finding your purpose.
Nihal Ahmed is the Founder of Limitless Institute, a social enterprise that uses workshops, games, and apps to help people lead healthier, happier, and more impactful lives. In this episode, he describes his journey from engineering to social innovation, why we should “collect biases,” and why empathy fuels purpose.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Nihal Ahmed
02:02 Why is “collecting biases” a good thing?
04:32 How travel creates bridges of understanding
07:59 Nihal’s backstory growing up in India
10:50 What is the “Ikiguide” and how is it used?
15:14 How to identify the unmet needs in your life
17:36 Teaching empathy through games
19:30 The Game of Tomorrow
24:40 Empathy as the driver of decisions
26:10 Lessons after playing Nihal’s game
29:10 The importance of subtly ushering change
30:47 How does purpose fuel empathy?
34:10 Nihal Ahmed’s Purposeful Empathy story
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Watch this episode to hear a TBI survivor share an incredible story of recovery.
Chandra Groves suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) after a head-on collision. In this episode, she describes how her life was transformed for years after the accident, her long road to recovery, and her new understanding of disabilities. She also shares a message of hope, empathy, and advocacy for driving without distractions.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Chandra Groves
02:06 Chandra shares the harrowing story behind her TBI
05:48 What happened after her accident?
09:14 How Chandra's TBI changed her understanding of disabilities
10:58 The first couple of months post-TBI
14:11 How a TBI affected her psychologically and socially
16:38 Chandra’s heartfelt message to other people living with a TBI
21:32 Chandra offers advice to the family and friends of TBI survivors
24:55 Chandra describes her full recovery
28:40 The importance of gratitude and understanding the fragility of life
31:06 Chandra’s potentially life-saving message to drivers
35:48 Chandra Groves’ Purposeful Empathy story
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Watch this episode to learn why affordable housing is a human rights issue that deserves our urgent attention.
Isabel Engels is a Director at Auxilium Property Management, an organization in the UK that provides high-quality and sustainable social housing. In this episode, she describes how building a dozen homes in a Brazilian favela changed her life. She also explains why the global housing crisis is an urgent priority to fight poverty.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Isabel Engels
03:13 What is the connection between housing and poverty alleviation?
05:21 The housing crisis in the UK
07:24 Isabel’s experience working in a Brazilian favela
11:57 Isabel’s move to London after graduating at McGill
15:29 Why home ownership is so important
18:12 What does Auxilium Property Management do?
22:33 Why social entrepreneurs need to care about both the business and the impact
23:40 What role does empathy play in affordable housing?
27:01 Putting yourself out there and finding your true calling
30:50 Isabel Engel’s Purposeful Empathy story
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✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelengels/
✩ KIS Sourcing Websitehttps://kisourcing.co.uk/
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy is grounded in neuroscience.
Neuroeconomist Dr. Paul Zak researches brain processes related to virtuous behaviours like trustworthiness and generosity. He is also the author of The Moral Molecule. In this episode, he describes the underlying neurochemical processes of prosocial behaviour, including empathy. He also explains why new technology can be a double-edged sword.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Paul Zak
01:45 Paul's research about trust and its real-life implications
05:02 Why we can trust the goodwill of other people
07:56 Are levels of generalized trust decreasing around the world?
10:24 What’s the difference between behavioural economics and behavioural neuroscience?
14:20 Paul explains how prosocial behaviours have neurological substrates
16:55 The neurochemical basis for empathy
20:33 Why it’s important to ask: “Are you okay?”
24:29 How Paul integrates what he’s learned into his personal life
29:10 How does empathy improve our quality of life?
29:49 How researchers measure empathy
34:14 Paul explains how new technology can arouse our emotions
37:03 Paul Zak's Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH PAUL ZAK
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-zak-91123510/
✩ Website https://www.getimmersion.com
✩ Personal Website https://www.pauljzak.com
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Watch this episode to learn how to avoid an empathy burnout from a practising psychologist.
Dr. Juli Fraga is Co-founder of the Empathy Bootcamp, a series of on-demand courses that help leaders and educators learn to improve their communication, de-program emotional blocks , and harness the inner strength to show up stronger for people in personal distress. In this episode, she describes their methodology and shares some tips, including how to begin doing “empathy easy lifts.”
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Dr. Juli Fraga
01:39 What is Empathy Bootcamp?
03:39 The difference between affective and cognitive empathy
05:50 What are some empathy pitfalls?
08:51 Juli’s empathy backstory
12:29 The importance of knowing your “empathy type”
14:20 What is "empathy fatigue”?
15:59 Debunking four empathy myths
19:45 The important habit of asking: “How are you today?”
23:53 What are “easy lifts” to overcome empathy fatigue?
31:35 Dr. Juli Fraga’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH Dr. Juli Fraga
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/empathybootcamp/
✩ Website www.empathybootcamp.com
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Watch this episode to learn how teams can practice empathy to deepen workplace connections.
Michael Ventura is the author of Applied Empathy. His work focuses on helping leaders and their teams catalyze change. He has worked with Google, Nike, Microsoft, the United Nations, and Obama administration. In this episode, he describes how businesses can measure empathy through KPIs including retention, performance, and profitability.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Michael Ventura
02:25 Why the pursuit of self-knowledge is important to Michael
04:18 Michael's backstory
07:56 Does empathy enhance or inhibit performance?
10:57 How to overcome barriers to empathy
12:54 How can the design thinking approach improve relationships?
16:03 How to practice "empathic versatility”
18:55 Why high-performing teams use empathy as an accelerant
20:51 Michael responds to empathy cynics
22:53 The positive unintended consequences of the pandemic
26:24 Finding the balance between giving and getting
28:37 Michael Ventura’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH Michael Ventura
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvmvmv/
✩ Website http://consolidatedeggs.com
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Watch this episode to learn why emotional development is as important as academic development.
Lynne Azarchi is the author of The Empathy Advantage and Executive Director of KidsBridge Youth Center, a non-profit organization that has helped more than 30,000 students and educators improve their social and emotional learning (SEL). In this episode, she shares ways in which parents and educators can help children become more empathic and explains why SEL is correlated to academic success and wellbeing.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Lynne Azarchi
01:37 How Lynne discovered that empathy is teachable
04:53 Lynne discussed her book, The Empathy Advantage
07:48 Why Lynne is obsessed with empathy
08:53 Lynne's describes her “triad of empathy”
10:46 What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?
13:09 The relationship between empathy and bystanders
15:25 The importance of active listening
19:30 How pets develop empathy in children
21:25 Lynne’s call to action
24:36 Lynne shares two heartwarming stories
28:45 Why we should appreciate teachers
34:09 Lynne Azarchi’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH Lynne Azarchi
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynneazarchi/
✩ Website http://empathyadvantagebook.com
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Watch this episode to hear Nigerian chemist-turned empathy strategist talk about the relationship between chemistry and empathy.
Musa Bello (aka Sodium), founder of the Mubell Empathy Academy, is on a mission to inspire empathic leadership. In this episode, he explains why leaders are responsible for creating a culture of empathy in the workplace and how Google Maps is a good model for leadership. He also shares the backstory of his transition from chemistry to empathy, and what he learned about interpersonal communication in both fields.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Musa Bello
01:55 How Musa got his nickname “Sodium”
05:00 Why Musa believes empathy is the bedrock of peace and innovation
05:40 The backstory behind Musa's empathy work
08:37 Why being authentic is more important than high performance
10:32 Why Musa spells relationship as “relay-tionship”
13:11 How Musa’s chemistry background relates to his work in empathy-training
15:21 Why empathy is necessary to leadership
18:03 The important role of leaders in building cultures of empathy at work
21:24 The biochemistry of emotions
24:04 The emotional, cognitive, and behavioural aspects of emotion
28:19 Musa Bello’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH Musa Bello
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/musa-bello-sodium-357ab4109
✩ Website http://www.sodiumspeaks.com
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Watch this episode to learn why Ashoka believes “everyone is a changemaker."
Barb Steele is the Executive Director of Ashoka Canada, a social purpose organization that supports social entrepreneurs. Fabrice, a proud Ashoka Fellow, is the Founder of Pour 3 Points, a non-profit organization that helps transform sports coaches into life-skill coaches. In this episode, Barb describes why empathy is critical to social entrepreneurship, and Fabrice unpacks the importance of empathy in coaching.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Barb Steele
00:55 About Fabrice Vil
02:06 What is Ashoka Canada?
04:17 What is Pour 3 Points?
07:10 Why did Fabrice become a social entrepreneur?
08:55 How the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequalities in our society
11:23 Barb shares two impact stories created by Ashoka Fellows
16:14 The connection between coaching and leadership development
21:44 Why everyone can - and should - be a changemaker
26:33 Two ways Ashoka is contributing to the empathy movement
29:15 What is the true role of a coach?
32:30 Barb Steele’s Purposeful Empathy story
34:00 Fabrice Vil’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH Barb Steele
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/barb-steele1/
✩ Website https://ashokacanada.org/fellows/profiles/
CONNECT WITH Fabrice Vil
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✩ Website https://pour3points.ca/en/
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Watch this episode to hear an organizational psychologist explain how conscious empathy can combat toxic workplaces.
Debra Kurtz, Chief Empathy Officer of Conscious Empathy, is committed to leveraging the science of empathy to build more inclusive workplaces. In this episode, she unpacks several academic concepts such as “empathy as a motivated phenomenon” and "emotional acknowledgment” to describe how leaders can become more empathetic.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Debra Kurtz
01:57 The difference between being “empathic" and “empathetic"
05:00 The need for empathy plus action
06:26 Why "emotional acknowledgement" is the basis for creating trust in the workplace 07:44 The role of awareness in conscious empathy
10:12 What’s the #1 reason people leave their jobs?
13:23 What does workplace bullying look like?
15:14 Why people don't speak up in toxic workplaces
17:26 Why toxic workplaces are bad for business
18:48 Debra Kurtz’s Purposeful Empathy story
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✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debrakurtz44/
✩ Website http://www.consciousempathy.com
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Watch this episode to hear a serial social entrepreneur explain why "collaborative systems evolution" is needed to create a better world.
Jeroo Billimoria is a passionate advocate for children's rights, the founder of several award-winning global impact organizations and the Co-Founder of Catalyst 2030 - an innovator-led movement committed to achieving the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030. In this episode, she she shares the origin story behind her lifetime commitment to social impact and what she perceives are the key drivers to social transformation.
0:00 Introduction
00:23 About Jeroo Billimoria
02:50 What propelled Jeroo down the path of social entrepreneurship
04:52 What motivated Jeroo’s early work with young children
07:36 The personal benefits of social impact work
09:02 Jeroo’s advice for young people starting their careers
10:48 How strategy and serendipity go hand-in-hand
12:57 What is collaborative systems change?
16:29 How does Jeroo respond to critics and skeptics?
20:26 Jeroo’s 5 principles of systems change
21:06 Why it’s important to celebrate success and let go of what’s not working
24:31 Jeroo Billimoria’s Purposeful Empathy story
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✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroobillimoria/
✩ Website https://catalyst2030.net/
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Watch this episode to learn how patient-clinician relationships can be improved through an innovative practice called 3rd Conversation.
Co-founder of X4-Health, Christine Bechtel is a nationally recognized patient advocate and expert in digital health and quality healthcare. In this episode, she describes how "bi-directional empathy” is a powerful communication tool that positively impacts both patients and physicians.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Christine Bechtel
01:29 Why has the the patient-clinician relationship eroded?
04:39 Christine describes 3rd Conversation and the reason it was developed
06:47 The importance of non-violent communication in healthcare
08:08 What is “bi-directional empathy?"
9:48 Anita shares an anecdote about a positive and negative experience at a hospital
15:24 Why the healthcare system impedes empathic communication
19:24 What is the impact of 3rd Conversation?
23:20 How human-centered approaches improve workplace performance
26:03 Why the politicization of COVID negatively impacted clinician-patient relationships
29:07 Christine Bechtel’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE BECHTEL
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-bechtel-369b725/
✩ Website http://www.3rdConversation.org
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Watch this episode to learn how an engineer became more empathic after going to art school
Seung Chan Lim (Slim) is an Executive Performance Coach and author of Realizing Empathy. In this episode, he explains why we have to take responsibility for developing empathy, while also surrendering to the process. He also shares what his personal relationships taught him about him empathy.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Slim
02:05 Why Slim used to negatively judge artists
04:02 What it means to “realize empathy”
07:30 Surrendering to empathy
09:00 Why taking responsibility is critical for realizing empathy
11:54 What Slim learnt about empathy after reconnecting with his father
15:37 How Slim went from engineering to art
19:00 Why Slim was encouraged to go to art school
24:50 Slim’s Purposeful Empathy story
30:00 How being vulnerable helped Slim support his girlfriend
37:34 The importance of showing vulnerability
CONNECT WITH SEUNG CHAN LIM
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/seungchan/
✩ Website https://realizingempathy.com/
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Watch this episode to understand how empathy training boosts employee engagement and wellbeing.
Leanne Butterworth is Founder of Empathy First and host of “The Professional Empathy Podcast.” In this episode, she explains why empathic leadership is a business imperative. She also discusses the potential and limitations of virtual reality for empathy training.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Leanne Butterworth
02:09 How did Leanne’s post-partum depression lead her to empathy?
07:09 How virtual reality can be leveraged for empathy training
12:12 Why is empathy training mission-critical for leaders right now?
14:44 How Leanne responds to leaders who claim they are performance driven and have no time for empathy
18:05 How has Leanne’s empathy work changed her personal relationships?
21:16 The business case for adopting empathy in the workplace
25:00 Create an empathic culture in the virtual work environment
28:44 The importance for employees to feel heard, valuable, and visible
31:29 Leanne Butterworth’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH LEANNE BUTTERWORTH
✩ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannebutterworth/
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Watch this episode to learn how to improve your digital health and wellness.
Nina Hersher is CEO of the Digital Wellness Institute and co-founder of Digital Wellness Day which reached 7.5 million people last year. In this episode, she offers tools and advice about how to have a healthier relationship with technology.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Nina Hersher
01:35 Backstory: Why Nina got into “digital wellness”
05:11 What is “digital flourishing”?
08:11 How can we explore and engage our different habits and tools to have a healthy relationship with technology
09:41 How to improve our digital wellness
12:51 How to move from an unhealthy to a healthy relationship with technology?
15:03 What about children’s addiction to technology?
19:25 Advice for digital wellness when you work from home
22:54 Nina’s prediction about a return to in-person work
26:03 Digital Wellness Day
27:38 Why “zoom fatigue” happens and how to deal with it
29:21 Nina Hersher’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH NINA HERSHER
✩ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninahersher/
✩ Website https://www.digitalwellnessinstitute.com/
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Watch this episode to learn about deep listening, empathic interviewing and creating a human-centered culture in the workplace.
Dr. Crystal Clarke is a social psychologist and executive coach who studies human connection, how to foster it, and what gets in the way. In this episode, she describes why workplaces need to adopt a more human-centred approach. She also shares a story about how an “empathic interview” with a boy changed her perspective about motherhood.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Crystal Clarke
01:46 What is “bankrupt empathy”?
06:00 The role of empathy in Crystal’s work
08:59 Crystal’s work with the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity and The Listening Project
11:28 What is a human-centred approach to culture?
12:31 The importance of "deep listening" to create a human connection
16:23 Can introverts practice deep listening?
17:36 How leaders can become Empathic Leaders
20:33 How to create an empathic connection in virtual spaces
24:40 Creating human-centered workplaces
27:58 Crystal’s work with organizations
30:13 Crystal Clarke’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL CLARKE
✩ Website www.drcrystalclarke.com
✩ Instagram @drcrystalclarke
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How Therapeutic Clowns Make Sick Children and Seniors Smile
Watch this episode to be moved and inspired by a professional therapeutic clown discuss her work.
Melissa Holland is the co-founder of the Dr. Clown Foundation. She and her team of therapeutic clowns work with children and seniors in hospitals and other healthcare settings. In this episode, she shares touching anecdotes about the impact clowns have on patients’ wellbeing and describes how clowning has changed her perspective of life.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Melissa Holland
01:52 What is a therapeutic clown?
02:44 Why Melissa went into clowning
04:34 A poignant clowning moment
11:27 Melissa's self-care practices
14:28 How her work has changed her life
17:27 Clowning in refugee camps
18:04 The physiological impact of laughter
22:04 Why is empathy so important to clowning?
26:39 Training to become a therapeutic clown
29:31 Melissa’s work with seniors
32:57 Has healthcare has become more patient-centered?
35:13 Clowning online and virtually
39:50 Melissa Holland’s Purposeful Empathy story
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH MELISSA HOLLAND
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✩ Website https://fondationdrclown.ca/
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Watch this episode to learn why an anthropologist thinks ethnography is a wonderful lens for empathy.
Stanford educator, Dr. Nethra Samarawickrema, is an anthropologist, coach, and Co-Creator of the Lab for Listening. Her work combines ethnography, non-violent communication (NVC), and design thinking to harness the transformative potential of empathy. In this episode, she shares how NVC changes the dynamics of relationships by focusing on unmet needs.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Nethra Samarawickrema
01:52 Nethra describes the connection between anthropology and empathy
04:17 How Nethra defines empathy
06:00 The importance of humility
08:22 How Nethra discovered ethnography and how it affected her personal life growing up
11:16 What is non-violent communication?
13:41 What does the Lab for Listening do?
17:46 How has social media impacted communication?
21:50 How Nethra responds to skeptics who don't believe they can empathize
26:17 How to suspend judgement
31:46 Nethra Samarawickrema’s Purposeful Empathy story
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
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✩ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nethra-samarawickrema-phd-77a192195/
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Watch this episode to learn why a game creator believes video games are a new form of art that can cultivate empathy.
Amy Noel Green is a writer, speaker and video game designer whose Ted Talk has been seen over one million times. In this episode, she describes how she and her husband processed their son’s illness and death by co-creating a narrative video game called “That Dragon, Cancer.” She also explains how the next generation of games will be more interactive and inclusive.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Amy Noel Green
02:42 Amy describes the video game “That Dragon, Cancer” and how it came to be
06:34 Why does Amy think gamers and game critics love it so much?
11:02 Why Amy sees video games as another form of art
13:01 Amy’s push-back on the term “empathy game”
16:47 Why Amy is excited about the Metaverse (Hint: It'll be more inclusive)
19:47 Amy's her new video game “Area Man Lives”
23:26 How “That Dragon, Cancer” has been used to medical school
27:08 Amy Noel Green’s Purposeful Empathy story
TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_green_a_video_game_to_cope_with_grief
Markiplier gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sWTD6vmH_U
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Watch this episode to hear about the importance of empathy in organizations, leadership, and technology.
Dr. Gautham Pallapa is the author of Leading with Empathy and founder of Transformity, an organization devoted to “transforming humanity through empathy and technology.” In this episode, he describes how a burnout early in his career changed the way he approaches work and leadership. He also explains the difference between organizations that are pathological, bureaucratic and regenerative.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Gautham Pallapa
2:19 What inspired Gautham to reconsider productivity?
5:10 COVID’s silver lining, according to Gautham
7:12 Gautham explains what he means by six pandemics
10:08 How can leaders be more empathic?
16:03 Three types of organizational cultures
19:51 How empathy weaves itself into Gautham’s work with technology
24:21 What can leaders do beyond just saying they are empathic?
28:25 Dr. Gautham Pallapa’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. GAUTHAM PALLAPA
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpallapa/
✩ Transformity: https://transformity.info/
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Watch this episode to learn why practicing empathy is a powerful way to build bridges.
Christy Vines is the president and CEO of the Ideos Institute, a research and practice organization focused on engaging empathy and empathic intelligence in spaces of conflict, division, and polarization. In this episode, she talks about their newly released documentary film "Dialogue Lab: America" and the path towards healing the growing political and ideological divide in America.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Christy Vines
02:28 How does Christy define empathy?
04:58 What work does the Ideos Institute do?
06:58 What calls Christy to her work?
10:20 Christy discusses her concerns about hyper-polarization in the US
13:00 A description about "Dialogue Lab: America"
14:46 What Christy hopes the audience takes away from the film
16:25 Watch the Trailer - "Dialogue Lab: America"
18:37 What Christy took away from the film
20:21 What is empathic intelligence?
25:13 Why diversity in companies leads to success
26:40 The spiritual nature of empathy
28:27 Christy Vines’ purposeful empathy story
Dialogue Lab: America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJA7W3hQggE
CONNECT WITH CHRISTY VINES
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✩ Ideos Institute: https://ideosinstitute.org/
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Watch this episode to learn why we should all prioritize human connection.
Jon Gruber is the Strategy Lead at Einhorn Collaborative, a foundation that advances the science and practice of empathy, mutual understanding, and relationship building. In this episode, Jon shares how the organization addresses what they call the "crisis of connection" through their Bonding, Bridging, and Building strategies. He also shares what called him to this work and how it has changed him as a father.
00:00 Introduction
00:22 About Jon Gruber
1:28 Why Jon’s work resonates with him
5:07 The backstory of the Einhorn Collaborative
6:35 What is the "Crisis of Connection”?
7:36 The Einhorn Collaborative’s Strategy
8:19 Pillar One: Bonding
11:04 Bonding in the Pediatric Care Context
12:10 Pillar Two: Bridging and Supporting Adolescents
14:09 Pillar Three: Building a Culture that Values Human Connection and Pluralism
16:21 Jon’s work with the New Pluralists funder collaborative
18:08 How has Jon’s work changed him?
21:17 Jon’s insights from partnering with different social actors
23:54 Some empathic practices Einhorn Collaborative uses
25:55 Jon’s experience with StoryCorps
28:46 Einhorn Collaborative’s Primer “A Call to Connection”
31:36 Jon’s Purposeful Empathy Story
A Call to Connection: http://calltoconnection.us/
CONNECT WITH JON GRUBER
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancgruber/
✩ Einhorn Collaborative: https://einhorncollaborative.org/
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Watch this episode to hear a lawyer describe why empathy is such a profoundly important part of her profession and how moved she is when her clients extend empathy to her.
Anita Szigeti is a practising lawyer, mental health law expert, and President of the Law and Mental Disorder Association. In this episode, she explains why lawyers must cultivate empathy, especially when working with clients with serious mental health and addiction issues. She also shares tips for fostering empathy in others and within ourselves.
00:00 Introduction
00:22 About Anita Szigeti
01:31 Why is empathy an important skill for lawyers to have?
04:38 Empathy in law school curricula
06:13 What drew Anita Szigeti to mental health law?
10:01 Interacting with clients in “mental health crises”
14:59 How Anita Szigeti has maintained optimism
17:59 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those with mental illnesses
20:13 The impact of the pandemic on criminal and mental health lawyers
23:08 How has Anita Szigeti’s professional work changed her personally?
26:13 Anita Szigeti’s tips for fostering empathy in kids
30:05 Anita Szigeti’s tips for practising self-empathy
CONNECT WITH ANITA SZIGETI
✩ Website: https://anitaszigeti.wordpress.com/
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Watch this episode to learn how a new framework can help changemakers create empathic connections while doing social impact work.
Heather Hiscox is the founder and CEO of Pause for Change and Co-Creator of the Possibility Project, an online conversion series for disruptive changemakers. In this episode, she unpacks her P.A.U.S.E framework and describes how empathy is a thread throughout. We also discuss why listening and “meeting people where they are” is critical to changemaking.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Heather Hiscox
2:17 What does Heather mean by “status quo problem solving skills?”
4:14 What is the P.A.U.S.E. framework?
6:30 Examples of positive outcomes thanks to the P.A.U.S.E. framework
9:05 Assisted a local government in recognizing how higher crime rates was due to a problem with accessible housing
11:38 How is the P.A.U.S.E. framework similar to Design Thinking?
13:12 Why listening is key to empathy
16:59 How empathy can help changemakers maintain joy and optimism while navigating through systemic issues
21:34 What is the Possibility Project?
24:26 Heather’s self-empathy practices
26:11 Heather Hiscox’s Purposeful Empathy Story
30:07 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH HEATHER
✩ Website: www.PauseForChange.com
✩ Website: www.PossibilityProject.org
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-hiscox-1a61623a/
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Watch this episode to learn why a professional marketer believes empathy is the key to success.
Marissa Latshaw has devoted her career to marketing and is the creator of the Empathetic Positioning Process. In this episode, we discuss her model of three Cs: Curiosity, clarity and connection. We also discuss how this model incorporates empathy into the field of marketing and the importance this has for sustainable business moving forward.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Marissa Latshaw
1:17 How Marissa became exposed to empathy in her life
5:05 Why is empathy important in marketing?
6:44 What is the Empathetic Positioning Process?
8:12 The 3 Cs: Curiosity, clarity and connection
10:06 What’s the difference between design thinking and the Empathetic Positioning Process?
14:34 How empathic leadership leads to more sustainable businesses
16:20 How does Marissa incorporate empathy into personal life?
20:57 Who benefits from the Empathetic Positioning Process?
23:27 Marissa Latshaw’s Purposeful Empathy Story
27:07 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH MARISSA
✩ Twitter: twitter.com/mlatshaw
✩ Instagram: marissalatshaw
✩ Wesbite: www.latshawmarketing.com
✩ LinkedIn: marissalatshaw
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Watch this episode to learn why Moral Courage means speaking truth to the power of our ego.
Allison Gerrard is Director of Education & Training at the Moral Courage Project, an organization that teaches a no-shaming method of communication. In this episode, she explains why we all have a primordial fear of being judged. She also describes why empathy helps people communicate across divides - which is why we need it now, more than ever.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Allison Gerrard
00:57 What is “moral courage” and why is it important?
3:11 The inspiring backstory behind the Moral Courage Project
5:47 How can moral courage build bridges between people?
11:15 The role of moral courage in education
13:55 How does moral courage enable us to set aside our egos and embrace empathic connections?
19:43 The positive impact of moral courage on relationships
26:15 Who is the Moral Courage program meant for?
27:29 Allison Gerrard’s Purposeful Empathy Story
33:55 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH ALLISON
✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoralCourage/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoralCourage
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moral_courage/
✩ Newsletter: www.moralcourage.com
✩ Program: www.moralcourage.com ; www.moralcourage.org
✩ Photographer: www.tracylaynephotography.com
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Watch this episode to learn why one entrepreneur believes empathy drives his company’s success.
Paul L. Gunn Jr is the author of the best-selling book Succeed the Right Way: What Every Compassionate Business Person Must Know. As CEO of KUOG Corporation, he has made it his mission to lead with purpose and empathy as core values. In this episode, we discuss loving-kindness and the importance of servant leadership - even in procurement, logistics, and supply chain management.
00:00 Introduction
00:25 About Paul L. Gunn Jr
1:59 Why empathy is central to good communication
4:42 How has empathy helped Paul succeed?
6:16 The role of empathy in loving-kindness
7:19 What is servant leadership?
9:28 Paul’s take on creating a culture of empathy at work
13:55 Serving the US military with empathy and why it’s not a paradox
21:50 Paul L. Gunn Jr’s Purposeful Empathy Story
24:44 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH PAUL
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✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LionofEmpathy/
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✩ Book: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4756193.Paul_L_Gunn_Jr_ ; https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Succeed-the-Right-Way/Paul-L-Gunn/9781637350942
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Watch this episode to learn why empathy involves a suite of technical skills.
Andrea Goulet is the author of Empathy-Driven Software Development. In this episode, she describes why the industry needs more empathy. Not only to help it overcome a history and culture of shame and contempt, but also to help its coders flourish by developing 12 empathy skills.
00:00 – Introduction
00:25 – About Andrea Goulet
1:04 – Why empathy matters to software development
2:42 – Deconstructing what empathy means for software engineers
3:49 – The role of empathy in technology
6:00 – Why is there a culture of contempt and shame in the software industry?
10:27 – What is an Empathy System Architecture?
12:31 – How can empathy create a resilient software system?
14:21 – What programming and empathy have in common
18:23 – Why the software industry needs a systems overhaul to overcome a culture of contempt
23:20 – How to create a culture of empathy in tech
29:04 – Andrea Goulet’s Purposeful Empathy Story
34:27 – Conclusion
CONNECT WITH ANDREA
✩ Twitter: @andreagoulet
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamgoulet/
✩ Business: www.heartware.dev ; corgibytes.com
✩ Online community: empathyintech.com
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Watch this episode to learn a powerful five-step method to address trauma in the workplace.
Katharine Manning - author of The Empathetic Workplace - has 25 years’ experience training and consulting on trauma and victimization, including some of the most notorious cases including Bernie Maddoff, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Pulse nightclub and South Carolina church shootings, and the violence in Charlottesville. In this episode, she unpacks a method to address trauma in the workplace.
0:00 – Introduction
0:23 – About Katharine Manning
1:19 – How does trauma impact empathy?
2:38 – What does “psychological safety” in the workplace mean?
6:25 – The need for more empathic leaders in organizations everywhere
7:43 – Manning describes her LASER method
11:18 – How empathic approaches can reduce conflict at work
14:57 – How to manage the emotions of others?
18:20 – A compelling example of how compassion fatigue can manifest at work
21:13 – How to overcome compassion fatigue?
23:48 – How leaders can adopt empathy as a core value for the organization
28:40 – The inspiring Maya Angelou quote Manning uses to conclude her book
30:42 – Manning’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kl_manning
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empatheticworkplace/
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharine-manning/
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✩ Author Website: www.katharinemanning.com
✩ Website: www.blackbird-dc.com
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Watch this episode to learn how non-Indigenous people can practice empathy as allies.
Sandi Boucher is an Ojibwe leader, author of The Path and a motivational speaker whose work advances Reconciliation in Canada. In this episode, she shares how non-Indigenous people can be allies. She also describes Anishnaabe teachings on humility and empathy.
00:00 – Introduction
00:23 – About Sandi Boucher
01:33 – What Canadians need to know about Reconciliation
03:18 – How the discovery of unmarked graves changed the urgency and discourse of Reconciliation
05:53 – What non-Indigenous people should be conscious of when trying to educate themselves
07:48 – Sandi’s path to working in Reconciliation
14:22 – What needs to change for Reconciliation to happen?
16:12 – Sandi’s reaction to Canada’s formal apology to Indigenous people
18:23 – What is a “people-driven” approach to Reconciliation?
21:27 – How does empathy help people overcome internalized racism and oppression?
25:37 – The role of non-violent resistance in Reconciliation
27:00 – The importance of empathy and humility in Anishinaabe teachings
36:18 – What makes Land Acknowledgments progressive versus performative?
39:55 – Sandi Boucher’s Purposeful Empathy Story
43:11 – Conclusion
CONNECT WITH SANDI
✩ Twitter @SandiBoucher
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Watch this episode to learn what neuroscience reveals about empathy.
In this far-reaching conversation with neuroscientist Dr. Christian Keysers (who served as part of the team that discovered mirror neurons), this episode explores how even though our brains are biologically predisposed to empathy, on a daily basis, we are responsible for responding empathically or not. The implications of this - for relationships and society - are incredibly significant.
00:00 Introduction
00:22 About Christian Keysers and his work
01:38 A moving passage from Keysers’ book about the empathy he felt on his wedding day
03:12 The discovery of mirror neurons
06:28 How our brains operate differently than a computer
08:21 What is empathy’s ego-centricity bias?
11:39 Can we empathize with machines - and will they ever empathize with us?
14:19 The risks and opportunities of empathic AI
16:47 What neuroscience is revealing about interconnectedness
22:58 The discovery and significance of “shared circuits”
26:43 How Keysers’ scientific understanding of empathy has changed his relational behaviour
31:02 How can we make empathy more habitual - and what are the benefits of doing so?
35:59 How to overcome our empathy biases and become more inclusive
43:08 The potential of psychedelics for empathy
49:06 Christian Keysers’ Purposeful Empathy Story
50:41 Conclusion
The Empathic Brain: https://nin.nl/research/researchgroups/keysers-group/empathic-brain/
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✩ LinkedIn: Christian Keysers
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Watch this episode to understand why empathy is so important to educators.
Naomi Toland is the Head Teacher at Honeybees Preschool, a Google Innovator, and the creator of Empathetic Educators. In this episode, she explains why empathy in teaching is so important—both for students and teachers. She also shares why in order to walk in someone else’s shoes, you have to look at your own shoes first.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Naomi Toland
01:31 The vision of Empathetic Educators
05:09 Why our mindset matters for empathy
08:31 Some of the realities of teaching
13:59 The importance of empathy in the classroom
16:56 What “Walking in Your Shoes” means to Naomi
18:18 Why the circle is a powerful metaphor for empathy
22:08 Naomi Toland’s Purposeful Empathy Story
24:41 Conclusion
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✩ Instagram @Naomi.m.t
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✩ Website: naomitoland.com
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy inspired the creation of an AI-powered health startup.
Charles Onu is Co-founder of Ubenwa Health, a start-up that uses AI for reliable, low-cost diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia - which impacts 2 million babies globally per year. In this episode, he shares his inspiring journey as a social entrepreneur passionate about saving babies’ lives.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Charles Onu and his professional journey
05:58 What motivated Charles to leverage his empathy for others?
08:07 What inspired Charles to focus on perinatal asphyxia?
11:33 The mission, goals, and needs of Ubenwa Health
20:39 How does Charles balance work, self-care, and self-empathy?
23:11 What advice does Charles have for the next generation of social entrepreneurs?
25:29 What has Charles learned as a social entrepreneur?
26:10 Charles Onu's Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH CHARLES
✩ Ubenwa Health: https://www.ubenwa.ai/
✩ Website: https://onucharles.github.io/
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onucharles/
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Watch this episode to understand the business case for empathy.
Maria Ross is the author of The Empathy Edge, a book that explores why businesses should cultivate empathy and how empathic leadership foster more productivity and loyalty. In this episode, she discusses the advantages of running an empathic business and why organizations must avoid "empathy-washing."
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Maria Ross
01:07 What led Maria to empathy?
04:20 The business case for empathy
07:44 How can companies become more empathic?
10:09 Why empathy is a must-have for Millennials and Gen-Z
12:24 What are the traits of an empathic leader?
15:43 What is “empathy-washing” and why is it fatal for business?
18:02 A quote from The Edge of Empathy about empathy in virtual workplaces
18:33 Why is empathy important for remote work and hybrid workplaces?
21:42 Maria’s tips to foster connection in virtual workplaces
24:25 How Maria's experience with empathy changed during the pandemic
27:41 Maria Ross' Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MARIA
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajross
✩ Website: https://red-slice.com/
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy inspires people to find their voice as Changemakers.
Toni Blumeris is a South African Empathy Coach who sees empathy as a tool for social change. In this episode, she discusses the butterfly effect of empathy and compassion, as well as the importance of shifting from a “scarcity mindset" to an "abundance mindset."
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Toni Blumeris
01:25 Toni’s epiphany about our life purpose
03:34 Toni's professional journey
05:32 Toni's 5-A Empathy Model
07:09 How does Toni define empathy?
09:36 Why is empathy needed now more than ever?
13:04 Is it possible to cultivate an abundance mindset despite a lack of physical resources?
24:55 The role of empathy in qualitative research
30:36 Toni Blumeris' Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH TONI
✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-blumeris-empathy-changemaker-76321b5/
✩ Website: https://www.researcheq.co.za/
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Watch this episode to learn how people systematically misunderstand each other, otherwise known as empathy gaps.
Dr. Xuan Zhao is a research scientist at Stanford University, who studies how to help people connect, appreciate different perspectives, foster meaningful conversations and positive interactions, and create inclusive environments. In this episode, Xuan describes some of the research she is doing at SPARQ, a “do tank” that partners with industry leaders and changemakers to reduce societal disparities and bridge social divides using insights from behavioral science.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Xuan Zhao
01:35 What drew Xuan to study empathy
05:23 Underestimating the power of compliments
12:32 Underestimating people’s willingness to help others
16:09 Overestimating the negative impacts of showing vulnerability
21:18 What conditions enable us to take another's perspective?
23:25 How can conversations help with perspective-taking?
27:09 Can we have empathy with robots?
31:10 What are Xuan's recommendations for cultivating empathy in ourselves and in our society?
32:40 Xuan Zhao’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH XUAN
✩ Website: https://www.xuan-zhao.com
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and narcissism.
Dr. Ashok Bhattacharya is a psychiatrist who specializes in treating people with PTSD. He is the Founder of The Empathy Clinic and the author of CAKE: A Guide to Reciprocal Empathy for Couples. In this episode, he describes why empathy requires that we get out of our own heads to really hear what others are sharing or experiencing.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Dr. Ashok Bhattacharya
01:59 How does Ashok define empathy?
03:22 Why empathy is essential to psychiatry
08:49 How does Ashok help narcissists become empathic?
12:03 Unpacking what “narcissism” really means
17:10 Is Trump a narcissist?
18:25 What brought Ashok to empathy?
20:57 The importance of listening
22:31 What is colourpathy?
25:24 What does Ashok mean by “the biggest issue with empathy is self-definition”?
31:03 How should empathy be used in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions?
33:22 Why Ashok believes PTSD is an empathy disorder
35:03 What is an anti-psychiatry psychiatrist?
35:46 Ashok’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ASHOK
✩ Website: www.empathyclinic.com
✩ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRzM30XZ8uscgGEx1wnEtQ
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Watch this episode to learn what prompted an organ donor and customer care expert in Toronto to stay on the line for an hour with a call centre rep. in Delhi.
Sarah Bezanson is a seasoned professional in training, coaching and client care and believes that empathy must always be a part of any customer care conversation. In this episode, she shares how a story she wrote about a customer care agent in India experiencing multiple devastating COVID losses went viral. She also shares a poignant story about her decision to become a kidney donor.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Sarah Bezanson
01:20 Sarah’s viral LinkedIn post and what inspired it
06:35 What prompted Sarah to respond to the gentleman with empathy? Kindness or her professional training?
07:35 The public’s response about the gentleman in Delhi
11:00 Examples of how employers in India showed support to their employees during the peak of the COVID crisis
12:38 How can customers show more empathy towards customer-care representatives?
17:21 Self-care practices for call centre employees
20:33 Has hostility within the customer-care industry gotten worse?
23:04 What motivated Sarah to become a kidney donor?
30:07 Sarah's decision-making process to donate her kidney
36:00 The relationship between Sarah and her kidney recipient
37:57 Sarah Bezanson’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH SARAH
✩ Sarah Bezanson’s viral LinkedIn post:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarah-bezanson-137a9116_i-had-to-call-for-some-tech-support-yesterday-activity-6791706659870920704-nZ2f
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Watch this episode to learn why demonizing masculinity hurts us all and what the parents of young boys can do to support their mental health and well-being.
Paul is a trained "men’s work” facilitator and Founder of huMENity, an organization that invites “boys and men to discover and uncover their true selves, and to embrace what they find." In this tribute episode to Stéphane Leblanc, Paul describes how the current paradigm for men in our society inhibits them from being vulnerable and fully authentic, and shares ways in which everyone would all benefit if men had access to a wider spectrum of roles and ways of being in the world.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Paul Simard
01:23 A tribute to Stéphane Leblanc
04:12 Stéphane Leblanc: How can organizations and leaders be more empathic?
08:00 Paul's experience working with men
09:40 Why does Paul feel called to support the work of men's wellness, with a focus on their mental health?
13:18 Discussing "feminine energy" and Paul’s aversion to the term "toxic" masculinity
15:39 Why are there misperceptions about the role of men in society?
18:24 Are men losing their place in the world as a result of capitalism and feminism?
22:54 Paul's thoughts on Gen Z, gender fluidity, inclusivity, and decolonizing our minds
26:30 Why is masculinity being demonized and how does this affect men?
33:31 What can parents of boys do to support their mental health and well-being?
36:59 Paul’s Purposeful Empathy Story
How I became a Conscious Leader - Stéphane Leblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imI75sNi4U
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✩ Website: www.humenity.co
✩ TEDx: https://youtu.be/MzbRl7sD0Dc
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Watch this episode to learn a 5-step method to empathy that helps foster a sense of belonging and inclusion.
Rob Volpe is the CEO of Ignite 360, a consumer insight and strategy firm, an empathy activist and author of Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time, a book that argues a decline in empathy is hurting our society. In this episode, he describes his five steps to empathy that allow us to better understand one another.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Rob Volpe
01:26 Rob's five steps to empathy
03:58 Step 1: Dismantling judgment and Rob’s visit to the annual NRA gun show
12:36 Step 2: Asking open-ended questions and avoiding “Why?” which puts people on the defensive
15:33 Step 3: Active listening and unpacking what’s really going on
18:33 Step 4: Integrating into your understanding = making room in your head to accept that there are other views
20:19 Step 5: Using "solution imagination"
24:34 Why Rob’s book is written for everybody
25:29 How Rob began using empathy as a survival skill
29:55 Does empathy have any limits?
32:01 Rob's mission to bring more empathy into the world
32:49 Rob’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ROB
✩ Website: https://www.ignite-360.com/book
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmvolpe/
✩ Instagram: @empathy_activist https://www.instagram.com/empathy_activist/
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Watch this episode to understand why empathy is the essential work skill of the future.
Ajit Dodani is the Founder and CEO of EmpathifyU. In this episode, he explains how empathic strategies are critical for organizational growth and prosperity – especially in the post-pandemic world. He also shares his experience using empathy to fuel innovation and productivity within organizations.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Ajit Dodani
01:33 Why should organizations consider an empathy strategy?
03:55 How Ajit leveraged empathy as a business strategy
08:50 Can empathy be taught?
10:00 How does an empathy strategy increase productivity?
16:05 What happens to organizational cultures where empathy is absent?
19:24 The role of empathy within post-traumatic growth in a post-pandemic world
32:15 Ajit Dodani’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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Watch this episode to learn how arts-based practices and pedagogy cultivate empathy.
Ijeoma Njaka is an artist, writer and educator specialized in equity-centred design and inclusive pedagogy, currently based at Georgetown University. In this episode, she describes an innovative program called “In Your Shoes” that builds empathy and community among students with different lived experiences and political and ideological perspectives.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Ijeoma Njaka
01:25 About “In Your Shoes” at Georgetown University
03:31 A student’s reflection after participating in the “In Your Shoes” program
07:14 What is dialogicial pedagogy?
07:34 What is speculative design?
09:52 What is close-looking?
13:38 How the arts can cultivate empathy
19:32 Thoughts on psychedelics
21:58 Ijeoma Njaka’s Purposeful Empathy Story
PBS News Hour Clip: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/performing-one-another-theater-tools-help-these-students-accept-different-perspectives
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✩ Website: www.ijeomanjaka.com
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Watch this episode to learn about the power of empathy in politics.
Dr. Claire Yorke is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Southern Denmark whose research explores the role and limitations of empathy in international affairs, diplomacy, and policy-making. In this episode, she explains the increasing need for empathy in politics, and how politicians or diplomats can build their empathy. She also shares a couple of examples of unexpected empathic behaviour in notorious politicians.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Claire Yorke
02:08 Why is empathy so important to politics?
03:39 What inspired Claire to study the intersection of empathy and politics
06:34 What resonated with Claire during her research?
07:24 Is Richard Nixon an empathic politician?
09:27 What does empathy training look like in diplomacy?
11:30 Claire’s "Empathy in Diplomacy" course
13:41 Does Claire think there is a growing appetite for “empathy” in political spaces?
15:22 How Claire’s work has impacted her personally
16:55 About Claire’s book on empathy
19:46 Is Donald Trump an empathic politician?
24:21 How can we cultivate empathy in society?
27:10 Does Claire think we’ll build back better in a post-COVID world?
29:37 Claire Yorke’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH CLAIRE
✩ Twitter: @ClaireYorke
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Watch this episode to learn why empathy is critical to facing the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and within all patient-physician relationships.
Charles-Antoine Barbeau-Meunier, a resident physician and empathy scholar, believes the self-care conversation needs to shift. Instead of leaving the burden of self-care to healthcare providers at the individual level, it should be become a systemic priority. In this episode, he also shares how societal inequities are tied to health outcomes and why medical students often experience a decline in empathy.
00:00: Introduction
00:27: About Charles-Antoine Barbeau-Meunier
01:31: The role of empathy in the climate crisis
05:07: As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, how can we sustain and extend empathy?
11:29: Why does Charles-Antoine want to become a doctor?
15:47: What has surprised Charles-Antoine about med school?
21:05: Charles-Antoine’s five pillars of empathy
23:19: About Charles-Antoine’s self-care training for healthcare professionals
29:22: Charles-Antoine’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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Watch this episode to hear an immigration attorney make the case for more empathy.
Monica Khant has devoted her career to human rights, including wielding her legal skills to help immigrants and asylum seekers. In this episode, she explains why we shouldn’t judge or fear people seeking asylum. Instead, she makes a compelling case for why they deserve our empathy. She also shares leadership strategies for creating a culture of empathy within a team.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Monica Khant
01:53 Monica’s love/hate relationship with empathy
03:47 Why did Monica go into immigration law?
09:02 The reason to have empathy for asylum-seekers
14:00 How does Monica practice empathy in her profession?
17:40 How Monica recharges her batteries
19:20 As a leader, how does Monica leverage empathy?
22:16 What Monica does to encourage a culture of empathy within her team
23:40 About the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
27:50 COVID-19 and gender-based violence
30:35 Monica’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MONICA
✩ TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpcpdEXMHvI&t=218s
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Watch this episode to learn how communities can change the world.
Brooke Lavelle, PhD is the Co-Founder and President of the Courage of Care Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to facilitating the co-creation of a more just, compassionate world. In this episode, she shares how we can’t meditate ourselves out of the multiple crises we face, nor can we legislate ourselves out of them. Instead, she makes the case for communities as the site in which powerful social change can occur.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Brooke Lavelle
01:33 What does Brooke means by “we need to cultivate new ways of being that are relational”?
04:25 The Courage of Care Coalition's theory of change?
08:14 What work does the Courage of Care Coalition do?
11:14 Brooke’s reflections on the word solidarity
14:16 What would Brooke say to those who are curious - or even skeptical - about their work?
20:14 Brooke’s reflections on Sharon Welch’s Feminist Ethic of Risk
23:26 How to launch a community of practice?
26:43 Brooke’s Purposeful Empathy Story
The Courage of Care Coalition Theory of Change: https://courageofcare.org/our-theory-of-change/
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✩ Courage of Care: www.courageofcare.org
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Watch this episode to learn from a neuropsychologist how to manage a meltdown using the method of "self-regulation."
Nino Margvelashvili, a neuropsychologist and learning support specialist, is a proponent of the “self-reg” approach to parenting. In this episode, she unpacks the 5-step process, as well as the neuropsychology behind it (including the Triune Brain). She also shares how parents can support their children during a “meltdown” and during the transition days and weeks of "back to school.”
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Nino Margvelashvili
01:16 What is self-regulation?
09:11 What do to when your child has a meltdown?
16:18 What is the Triune Brain?
25:54 What are the most common childhood stressors?
39:04 How we respond to children when they “misbehave” can impact their life trajectories - Nino explains how
42:06 Why it’s important for parents to take care of themselves
45:27 Why feeling safe is a prerequisite to empathy
47:30 Nino’s “back-to-school" advice for Parents
51:16 Conclusion
Learn more about self-regulation here: www.self-reg.ca
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Watch this episode to learn why one tech professional is passionate about empathic workplaces.
Kevin Shah is the Founder and CEO of Jaago - aka the Empathy Gym. In this episode, he shares why he gave up a multi-million compensation package with a tech company to pursue empathy work. He also explains how his start-up’s app cultivates empathy in organizations through authentic storytelling.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Kevin Shah
04:27 What does a non-toxic, empathic workplace look like?
06:30 Kevin’s moment of reckoning in response to police brutality and BLM
09:03 What is the Empathy Gym app?
12:18 What does Jaago mean?
13:12 What powerful stories from Jaago have deeply touched Kevin?
16:22 Kevin’s vision for Jaago
19:17 How can companies grow empathy within their organizations?
24:50 Kevin’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH KEVIN
✩ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shahkevin
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Watch this episode to learn why empathy is a superpower in the face of the opioid crisis.
Melissa Larkin-Skinner is CEO of Centerstone Florida, a leading a not-for-profit specializing in mental health and substance use disorder treatments. In this episode, she explains how to empathize with people battling addiction - even when their behaviour is destructive. She also shares self-care tools and practices for healthcare workers and primary care-givers.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Melissa Larkin-Skinner
01:23 About the opioid epidemic
03:50 Responding to people who minimize the severity of addiction
06:13 Melissa’s advice for those with loved ones battling addiction
08:24 The role of empathy in addiction counselling
10:48 Self-care tools and practices for healthcare workers
13:21 How can we have more empathy for people living with mental illness or addiction?
18:35 How leaders can better support their talent to avoid burnout
23:42 The building blocks of resilience
26:25 Extending empathy to healthcare workers
29:41 Melissa’s Purposeful Empathy story
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
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Watch this episode if you believe empathy has an important role to play in business.
Minter Dial is the author of Heartificial Empathy, a book that explores AI, business, and "empathic machines." In this episode, he describes four personal empathy practices and explains how to operationalize empathy in the workplace. He also shares a vivid story about empathic communication with his team in New York City, on the heels of 9/11.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Minter Dial
01:17 Minter's definition of empathy
02:28 Minter's four empathy practices
05:52 Why is it important to practice self-empathy?
10:16 Why Minter loves "Green Conversations”
12:48 Why and how to promote empathy in the workplace
16:25 How does Minter help workplaces operationalize empathy?
20:00 Minter describes how empathy played out on 9/11 in New York
23:38 Minter’s thoughts about empathic machines and AI
26:33 Is Minter hopeful about the future of empathy?
28:44 Minter’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MINTER
✩ Website https://minterdial.com/
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/minterdial/
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✩ Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/MinterDial/
✩ Speaker reel https://youtu.be/JFQNpBsrgjw
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Watch this episode to learn how to cultivate empathy in your kids by reading to them.
Asha Dixit is the Executive Director of the Fraser-Hickson Institute and leader of their flagship mini-biblio-PLUS project, which aims to instil a life-long love of reading in children. In this episode, she explains why reading to children when they are young fosters Social Emotional Literacy (SEL) skills. She also shares book recommendations that celebrate diversity and inclusion and tips for parents interested in raising compassionate kids.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Asha Dixit
01:03 How Asha’s father instilled a love of reading in her
01:57 Why Asha has devoted her career to helping children grow into kind adults
03:54 The impact of books on children’s lives
07:27 Asha recalls her favourite childhood story about a monkey and a crocodile
08:56 How reading to children helps them develop empathy and other SEL (Social Emotional Literacy) skills
15:28 Why does diversity and representation in children's books matter?
18:10 What age is it appropriate to discuss anti-racism with kids?
26:41 Asha’s empathy-building book recommendations
29:07 Asha’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ASHA
✩ minibiblioPLUS: https://www.facebook.com/minibiblioPLUS-109530934505357
✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsashadixit
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Watch this episode to learn why empathy is a relational currency.
Jackie Acho is the Founder and President of the Acho Group, a consulting firm focused on empathy-centered cultural transformation in unexpected places - including the Cleveland Police. In this episode, she explains what called her to empathy work after a career in management consulting. She also shares what her battle with cancer has taught her about the healing power of empathy.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Jacqueline Acho
01:54 Why did Jacqueline become a corporate refugee?
08:36 The inspiration behind Currency of Empathy
15:40 What does Jacqueline mean when she says “shifting business practices to support empathy and humanity”?
16:15 Jacqueline describes her work doing empathy training with the Cleveland Police Force
21:46 How has Jacqueline's experience battling cancer informed how she understands empathy?
25:56 What is Jacqueline’s advice about holding space for someone going through a tough time?
31:17 Jacqueline Acho’s Purposeful Empathy Story
Currency of $ vs Currency of Empathy: https://www.jackieacho.com/uncategorized/currency-of-vs-currency-of-empathy/
CONNECT WITH JACQUELINE
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-acho-a4a68b8/
✩ Website: https://www.jackieacho.com/
✩ TEDx Talk: A Good’s Day Work Requires Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dyrmHIjao
✩ The Currency of Empathy: https://www.amazon.com/Currency-Empathy-Secret-Thriving-Business/dp/173243641X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1581003440&sr=8-1
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Watch this episode to learn how one mother transcended a family crisis by leveraging the power of compassion.
Sara Jamil is the founder of Compassion First. A few years ago, she and her family endured significant hardship. That led to her taking charge of her wellbeing and mastering self-compassion. In this episode, she describes the crisis that changed her family’s life, as well as the lessons that came from it. She also explains why she believes women can lead the way to a more peaceful world.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Sara Jamil
01:24 Why is “a better world starts with me” so important?
03:23 Sara’s story of her son’s battle with drug addiction and how it informs her compassion work
10:53 Why the episode of Super Soul Sunday featuring Karen Armstrong resonated with Sara
15:48 What does it mean to study compassion, as a subject?
19:46 Why Sara believes that women can lead the way to a more peaceful world
22:34 Sara’s Purposeful Empathy Story
Compassionate Integrity Training: https://www.compassionateintegrity.org/
CONNECT WITH SARA
✩ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sara-jamil-a9214a98
✩ Website: www.charterforcompassion.org
✩ Instagram: @_compassionfirst
✩ Dreams Unleashed: https://www.amazon.ca/Dreams-Unleashed-You-Hold-Key-ebook/dp/B074HFD3TD
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Watch this episode to learn how a father's lived experiences of trauma translated into more empathy.
Mark Cavallo is a professional empathy leadership coach. Four years ago, he experienced a series of traumatic events in short succession which catalyzed deep inner work. In this episode, Mark describes how post-traumatic growth changed the direction of his life and career, inspiring self-empathy, empathy for others, and empathic leadership in the process.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Mark Cavallo
01:00 Why is empathy so important for professional leadership coaching?
15:20 How Mark’s relationship with his daughter changed once he gained more self-awareness
21:12 How does Mark’s lived experience inform the work he does as a coach?
25:06 Why empathy and compassion are critical to leadership
27:05 Mark Cavallo’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH MARK
✩ Website: www.markcavallocaoching.com
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcavallo-coaching/
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy training can revolutionize organizational culture - including in healthcare and law enforcement.
Dr. Helen Riess is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of Empathy Research and Training in Psychotherapy Research group in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. In this episode, she describes her research devoted to improving empathy in the patient-physician relationship and why she founded Empathetics to transform organizational systems into compassionate care systems.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Helen Riess
01:32 What called Helen to study empathy?
03:40 What Helen learned while researching empathy
08:04 Are nurses more compassionate than physicians?
15:03 Empathy training with law enforcement
17:34 What are the results of Helen's empathy training sessions?
19:00 How Helen has evolved personally thanks to her empathy research
20:49 What is a compassionate care system?
23:33 Responding to the skeptics re: the importance of empathy for leadership
25:28 What can we do to foster more empathy and compassion worldwide?
29:01 Helen’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH HELEN
✩ The Empathy Effect: https://www.amazon.ca/Empathy-Effect-Neuroscience-Based-Transforming-Differences/dp/1683640284
✩ TEDx Talk: The Power of Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHrcC8B4WM
✩ Empathetics: https://empathetics.com/
✩ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HelenRiessMD
✩ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-riess
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Watch this episode to understand why Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) training allows everyone in an organization to thrive.
Julie Savaria helps organizations launch or deepen their JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) strategy and programming. In this episode, she explains why JEDI is a human conversation first and foremost, but also good for business.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Julie Savaria
01:48 Why is EDI work so important today?
05:40 Why EDI work is personally significant to Julie
09:17 Reframing and understanding privilege
11:58 Why is JEDI a human conversation?
15:40 Millennials and GenZ expectations in the workplace
18:39 How to operationalize JEDI at work
23:55 Why did Julie create JEDI Kids?
28:16 How to start your JEDI journey
30:33 Julie’s Purposeful Empathy Story
34:01 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH JULIE
✩ Website www.bindiasavaria.com
✩ LinkedIn Bindia Savaria Consulting
✩ Instagram @JEDI_kid
✩ Facebook JEDI Kids (@kidsjedi)
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Watch this episode to learn why practicing erotic empathy has a positive impact on your sex life and overall wellbeing
Amanda Luterman is a licensed psychotherapist and pioneer of “Erotic Empathy.” In this episode, she explains how erotic empathy encourages more gratifying sexual experiences, more deeply fulfilling relationships, and address an often neglected area of mental health.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Amanda Luterman
01:48 How Amanda understands empathy
02:37 What is erotic empathy?
03:57 The taboo of sex
04:55 The backstory behind Amanda’s work
08:25 What Amanda has learned about empathy as a result of her work
11:10 What led Amanda to develop her approach to sex therapy
14:16 Some examples of erotic empathy at-play
21:00 Facilitating safe conversations in her sessions
27:18 Having erotic empathy for oneself
30:29 Are there any limits to erotic empathy?
34:44 The connection between sex and mental health
37:47 Reciprocity and erotic empathy
40:34 Amanda’s Purposeful Empathy Story
44:31 Conclusion
I am carrot cake: https://amandaluterman.medium.com/i-am-carrot-cake-a-lesson-in-erotic-empathy-a33cebe33c14
Facilitating Erotic Connection: The Relationship Shared Values Primer (RSVP) to Sex and Relationship Therapy in the Context of Sexual Trauma History: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0092623X.2020.1716906
3 Common Erotic Fantasies Mentioned in Therapy since Covid: https://rb.gy/svq73b
CONNECT WITH AMANDA
✩ Website www.eroticempathy.ca
✩ Instagram @eroticempathy
✩ Twitter @amandaluterman
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Watch this episode to learn how quantum physics + empathy can raise our collective consciousness.
Kathryn Pavlovich, a Professor of Strategic Management in New Zealand is passionate about global systems change. In this episode, she explains how principles of quantum physics can be leveraged to address the world’s empathy deficit. She also offers her thoughts on capitalism and how a new set of values and practices are needed more than ever.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 About Kathryn Pavlovich
01:46 An excerpt from Kathryn’s article
03:18 A critique of capitalism
06:31 Why is mindfulness so important?
10:13 Have organizations discovered the importance of contemplative practices?
11:38 What is quantum physics?
15:36 If the potential of human consciousness is realized, will hegemonic forces impede our collective progress?
17:37 What is quantum empathy?
22:24 The relationship between quantum empathy and anxiety
24:52 What can we do to align with the frequency of quantum empathy?
25:57 How can we organize society differently?
27:23 How Kathryn’s work on quantum empathy has impacted her personally
29:09 Kathryn’s Purposeful Empathy Story
32:17 Conclusion
Quantum empathy: an alternative narrative for global transcendence: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14766086.2019.1706626
CONNECT WITH KATHRYN
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-pavlovich-204071a/
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Watch this episode to learn how empathy can help end the stigma of mental illness.
Jason Finucan, founder of StigmaZero, helps organizations manage mental health in the workplace. In this episode, he shares how he transitioned from battling his own mental illness to becoming a mental health advocate. He also offers practical advice to managers who want to create a zero-stigma workplace culture, especially post-pandemic.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Jason Finucan
01:11 How and why Jason transitioned from battling his own mental illness to becoming a mental health advocate and “Stigma fighter”
06:05 How to practice empathy for those living with a mental illness
10:10 About StigmaZero
14:15 A recent success of StigmaZero
18:44 Jason’s advice for managers to prioritize mental health, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
23:17 How to proactively create a workplace where wellness thrives
26:08 Jason’s Purposeful Empathy Story
29:45 Conclusion
CONNECT WITH JASON
✩ Stigma Zero www.stigmazero.com
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonfinucan/
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Watch this episode to learn how organizations are dynamic, self-organizing living systems.
Michelle Holliday, author of The Age of Thrivability, helps organizations and the people who work in them thrive, by borrowing lessons from the natural world. In this episode, she describes the connection between thrivability and purposeful empathy and shares the potential that’s unleashed when leaders allow life to thrive within their teams.
00:00 Introduction
00:28 About Michelle Holliday
02:05 What is thrivability and why is it important?
05:17 What happens when we view things mechanistically?
08:05 What are the design principles of thrivability?
11:11 Michelle’s corporate experience
12:55 Is the world catching on to the potential of thrivability?
14:36 Is Michelle hopeful for the future?
15:15 What is the connection between purposeful empathy and thrivability?
18:04 Michelle shares an example of how thrivability changed Montreal’s Espace Pour la Vie
23:49 Advice to organizations and leaders on how to practice thrivability
27:21 Michelle describes why “thinking like a mother” is better than shareholder and stakeholder capitalism
30:52 Michelle’s Purposeful Empathy Story
32:40 Conclusion
Think Like a Mother (Or: Why Stakeholder Capitalism is a Dangerous Concept):
https://michelleholliday.com/think-like-a-mother-or-why-stakeholder-capitalism-is-a-dangerous-concept/
To watch the video with subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78vaeHVmoxebZCYtqsKe0A
CONNECT WITH MICHELLE
✩ Website: Michelleholliday.com
✩ Age of Thrivability: Ageofthrivability.com
✩ Thrivable World: thrivableworld.mn.co
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Watch this episode to learn how social pedagogy can help counter hate and the epidemic of “othering."
Dr. Vivek Venkatesh is the UNESCO Co-Chair in Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism at Concordia University. In this episode, he speaks about losing his cousin, Sukumar, to an act of terrorism, and how that event catalyzed some of deep inner work and continues to fuel his current passion as a filmmaker, musician, multimedia artist, curator, and applied learning scientist working at the intersection of public pedagogy and critical digital literacy.
0:30 About Vivek Venkatesh
01:55 Vivek’s story about losing his cousin, Sukumar, to an act of terrorism
06:50 Having empathy for people who have lost loved ones to acts of terrorism
09:38 Vivek explains how “resilience to hate comes from accepting ‘the other’ within ourselves.”
13:07 What is social pedagogy and how can it counter the epidemic of othering?
14:56 About Project SOMEONE
20:25 How Vivek’s musical bands (Landscape of Hate and Landscape of Hope) challenge conceptions of hate
To watch the video with subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78vaeHVmoxebZCYtqsKe0A
CONNECT WITH VIVEK
✩ Life after hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylxDwziIYwA
✩ Project SOMEONE’s Website: https://projectsomeone.ca
✩ Project SOMEONE’s Twitter: @projectsomeone
✩ Chaire UNESCO-PREV’s Website: https://chaireunesco-prev.ca
✩ Chaire UNESCO-PREV’s Twitter: @unescoprev
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Watch this episode to learn how to cultivate and practice empathy on social technology platforms.
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips is a journalist and the author of The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World. In this episode, she describes the challenges to empathy perpetuated by social technology and offers advice to users, creators, and managers of these platforms on how to imbue them with greater empathy.
Equity Centered Design Framework:
https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/equity-centered-design-framework
CONNECT WITH KAITLIN
✩ Website: http://www.kaitlinugolik.com/about
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaitlinugolik
✩ Kaitlin’s Picture Credits: http://redbridgephoto.com/
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Watch this episode to understand why empathy is fundamental to creativity.
Mimi Nicklin is the host of a popular weekly podcast called Empathy for Breakfast and author of Softening the Edge, a book that argues empathy is humanity’s oldest leadership skill. In this episode, she describes what’s at stake in the face of our global empathy deficit and how empathy has the power to unlock our creativity and kindness.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH MIMI
✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miminicklinleadership
✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miminicklin/
✩ Website www.miminicklin.com
✩ Softening the Edge:
https://www.amazon.ae/Softening-Edge-humanitys-leadership-changing/dp/9948340094/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1618728223&refinements=p_27%3AMimi+Nicklin&s=books&sr=1-1
✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miminicklin/?hl=en
✩ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxv635q-WB871-OA6KuUdpg
✩ Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/the-empathy-for-breakfast-show/id1561120477
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-empathy-for-breakfast-show
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MimiNicklin
✩ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSwRhfwW/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
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Watch this episode to learn how a successful Hollywood producer has found joy - and success - flexing his empathy muscles.
Serial pro-social entrepreneur, Peter Samuelson has always been ambitious about solving social problems. After 35 years of impact work, he’s brought shelter to the unhoused, helped foster kids get into college and brought joy into the lives of seriously ill children and their families. These days, through his production company, Philmco, he’s inspiring audiences to translate their empathy into action. In this episode, he describes how all his passion work has brought untold meaning and joy into his life.
CONNECT WITH PETER:
✩ Website www.samuelson.la
✩ Phimco Media www.philmcomedia.com
✩ First Star Academy www.firststar.org
✩ Everyone Deserves a Roof www.edar.org
✩ Starlight Children’s Foundation www.starlight.org
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
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This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Watch this episode to be inspired by a fashion designer’s commitment to empathy.
Kim Smiley is unapologetic about leveraging her fashion business to promote empathy. In this episode, Kim describes how an empathy experiment she conducted a few years ago went viral and shares how she’s woven together her two great passions - empathy and jewellery design - into her business.
CONNECT WITH KIM:
✩ Website www.kimsmiley.com
✩ Instagram — @kimsmiley
✩ Twitter & Pinterest — @sapphobykim
✩ About The Empathy Effect & Empathy Pledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gr2K3jqZgc
✩Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SapphoByKimSmiley
✩YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gr2K3jqZgc
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Watch this episode to be inspired by the power of dialogue.
One of the first women with a Muslim immigrant background to be elected to the Danish Parliament, Özlem Sara Cekic, is now General Secretary for Bridge Builders - Centre for Dialogue Coffee. In this episode, she recounts how she turned xenophobia on its head as an elected official by meeting her racist haters over coffee in their homes. After thousands of dialogues, she speaks with authority - and humility - about the power and potential of empathic listening.
CONNECT WITH ÖZLEM:
✩ Website https://brobyggerne.dk/?lang=en
✩ TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/OzlemCekicTED
✩ Book https://tinyurl.com/OzlemBook
✩Photography by LesKaner: https://www.ozlem.dk/kontakt/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Watch this episode to be inspired by a Peruvian educator who believes we must empower children to be agents of change on behalf of Mother Earth, whose programs reach 2 million children in South America.
Joaquín Leguia is an Ashoka Fellow, a masterful storyteller, and founder of ANIA, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children about sustainable development. In this episode, he shares his vision to include an 18th goal in the UN SDGs (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) called Active Empathy for Life.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH JOAQUIN:
✩ Website https://en.aniaorg.pe/
✩ SDG 18 https://en.ods18.com/
✩https://issuu.com/aniaorg/docs/the_garden_and_i
✩TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/joaquin_leguia_orezzoli_tini_tierra_de_ninas_ninos_y_jovenes
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Watch this episode to be inspired by an educator who believes it’s possible to create a world where all humans, animals, and nature can thrive.
Zoe Weil is the Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education. In this episode, she describes the difference between being a solutionary, activist and problem-solver. She also shares her vision for educating a generation of solutionaries.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH ZOE:
✩ Website https://humaneeducation.org/
✩ TEDx Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HEV96dIuY
✩Books https://humaneeducation.org/zoe-weils-books/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ LinkedIn https://tinyurl.com/anitanowaklinkedin
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✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn what a professional clown means by “the stunning beauty of imperfection.”
Catherine Bryden is a Theater Clowning Facilitator. Narrating stories of different insightful realizations that came up for people after clowns performed their stories, Catherine relates empathy to clowning on microscopic levels. In this episode, she shares how clowning has empathy for all that humans are and it helps us show empathy to ourselves, as well.
CONNECT WITH CATHERINE:
✩ Website www.clownforschung.de
✩ 'Fred Talk' Video: https://youtu.be/U2Y3sXSTbZY
✩ Short read: Developing Artistry in Teaching: New Approaches to Teacher Education
Peter Lutzker
✩ Long read: The Art of Foreign Language Teaching, Dr. Peter Lutzker: https://www.scribd.com/document/72022257/Leseprobe-aus-The-Art-of-Foreign-Language-Teaching-von-Peter-Lutzker
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ LinkedIn https://tinyurl.com/anitanowaklinkedin
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
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This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn how to turn inward with self-compassion to boost motivation and productivity.
Many believe self-compassion is selfish or soft. Psychology researcher, Kyla Brophy, debunks those myths and describes how tuning into our thoughts and feelings increases our effectiveness. In this episode, she also shares a powerful process for self-compassion and describes two ways in which parents can help their children learn to practice self-compassion.
CONNECT WITH KYLA:
✩ LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/kylabrophy
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
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✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn simple but powerful techniques for empathic listening.
As a licensed psychologist, Co-Founder of Empathy Rocks, and AI researcher, Dr. Grin Lord is on a mission to bring humans closer together by training artificial intelligence to be more empathic. In this episode, she describes the positive impact of empathic listening on relationships.
CONNECT WITH DR LORD:
✩ Websites - https://www.empathy.rocks/ and www.mpathic.ai
✩ Blog - https://grintherapy.medium.com/twenty-ways-to-give-advice-so-people-listen-ae9b27ea38c6
✩Instagram - empathy.rocks
✩Twitter - empathy_rocks
✩Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/empathy.rox
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn https://tinyurl.com/anitanowaklinkedin
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Watch this episode to understand how “empaths” experience the world.
Based in Spain near Barcelona, Empathy Coach Meritxell Garcia describes the need for self-empathy - especially for highly sensitive people who have fewer filters to process sensory information and get easily overwhelmed by emotions. In this episode, she describes practices that help empaths navigate stimulus-overload and describes why empathy is so important to authenticity.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH MERITXELL:
✩ Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/MeritxellGarciaR
✩ Instagram-www.instagram.com/MeritxellGarciaR
✩ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/meritxellgarciaroig/
✩Website -https://meritxellgarciaroig.com/individual?lang=en
✩Website - https://www.seattleaquarium.org/fostering-empathy-wildlife
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email- purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website- https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn- www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
✩ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/anitanowak21/
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This episode was brought to you byGrand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to break free from your “monkey brain,” become a better listener and improve your relationships.
In addition to sharing how New Zealand’s Prime Minister has successfully led their nation through COVID, Dr. Wayne Duncan describes the power of “mindful empathy.” As co-author of a book by the same name, in this episode, he describes why we need an empathy revolution that begins with slowing down to really hear what others are saying.
CONNECT WITH DR. DUNCAN:
✩Book Link -
https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Empathy-Mindset-Success-Leaders-ebook/dp/B088HGYJC7
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
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✩ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1kUXlB4PsfzHaNj00GSMzG?si=rxmYHlXMR-GYr7eWlhazfQ
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode if you want to know why we empathize with some animals more than others.
Jim Wharton is the Director of Conservation Engagement & Learning at the Seattle Aquarium. In this episode, he explains how zoos and aquariums have evolved into spaces that cultivate empathy. He also describes how his aquarium collaborated on a children’s book called Catastrophe by the Sea - a story of redemption through empathy and compassion found in the most surprising places.
CONNECT WITH JIM:
✩Website - https://www.seattleaquarium.org/fostering-empathy-wildlife
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/anitanowak21/
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
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✩ Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1617454411751130
✩ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1kUXlB4PsfzHaNj00GSMzG?si=rxmYHlXMR-GYr7eWlhazfQ
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to learn what it means to practice radical empathy and how to do it.
Dr. Terri Givens is CEO of Brighter Higher Ed, a political scientist, and internationally recognized expert on comparative race politics, immigration and the radical right. In this episode, she explains why telling her family’s story in her new book Radical Empathy is a gift that she hopes will contribute to healing the racial divide in America.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH DR. GIVENS:
✩ Website https://terrigivens.com
✩ Website https://brighterhighered.com
✩ Twitter @Terrigivens
✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scholargivens
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrigivens/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
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This episode was brought to you byGrand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode if you believe films can build the #EmpathyGeneration.
Ed Kirwan is high school teacher-turned-filmmaker and founder of Empathy Week. In this episode, he talks about his vision to empower a generation of young people to become empathic leaders through the power of films. This is a must-watch for educators everywhere.
Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak
CONNECT WITH ED
✩ @EdKirwan - on all social media
✩ @TheEmpathyWeek - Twitter
✩ @EmpathyWeek - Facebook and Instagram
✩ www.empathy-week.com
✩ www.youtube.com/empathy-week
✩ Linked in Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/empathyweek
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email - purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website - https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
✩ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/anitanowak21/
✩ Twitter - https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page -https://www.facebook.com/PurposefulEmpathy
✩ Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1617454411751130
✩ Spotify Link-https://open.spotify.com/show/1kUXlB4PsfzHaNj00GSMzG?si=rxmYHlXMR-GYr7eWlhazfQ
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
For three years, Amy J. Wilson served as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, where she led a movement to create positive change in government. In this episode, she talks about her debut book, Empathy for Change, and describes why we should all embrace kindness if we want a better world.
CONNECT WITH AMY
✩ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyjwilson/
✩ Website- https://www.amyjwilson.com
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email - purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website - https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
✩ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/anitanowak21/
✩ Twitter - https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page -https://www.facebook.com/PurposefulEmpathy
✩ Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1617454411751130
✩ Spotify Link-https://open.spotify.com/show/1kUXlB4PsfzHaNj00GSMzG?si=rxmYHlXMR-GYr7eWlhazfQ
This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani
Nilang Gor is a molecular biologist and founder of Cultivate Empathy for All who believes we need to stop linear thinking and practise systems thinking to solve our world’s most vexing problems. In this episode, he explains the importance of interdependence and having empathy for animals.
CONNECT WITH NILANG
✩ Website:http://www.cultivateempathyforall.org/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email - purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website - https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
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Following a successful executive career in management consulting, Amy launched a tech startup called Daily Haloha to encourage empathy and connection. In this episode, she discusses the inspiration behind her app and the aspiration she has for its global users.
CONNECT WITH AMY
To download the app: http://onelink.to/haloha
Website: https://dailyhaloha.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailyhaloha/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amygiddon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailyhaloha
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DailyHaloha/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email - purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website - https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/anita-nowak-phd-9770253a
✩ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/anitanowak21/
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✩ Spotify Link-https://open.spotify.com/show/1kUXlB4PsfzHaNj00GSMzG?si=rxmYHlXMR-GYr7eWlhazfQ
Video Edited by David Tsvariani
This episode is sponsored by Grand Heron International
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In this final episode of Purposeful Empathy, we wave 2020 goodbye. Clinical Psychologist and Master Corporate Executive Coach, Dr. Mirella De Civita, describes how devastating the impacts of COVID-19 have been on our mental well-being. She also shares ways in which leaders can support their teams through the power of three compassionate skills (attention, thinking and behaving). Here’s to a better 2021!
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www.papillonmdc.ca
www.grandheroninternational.ca
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Articles
Burn-on or Burn-out? A Mindfulness Strategy to Decrease Burnout (trainingindustry.com)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/02/18/why-purpose-driven-organizations-matter-in-our-world-today/?sh=30be744cbff8
Podcasts
Decisions and challenges in making them
Dr. Mirella De Civita Interviewed by Talk Boutique – Papillon MDC Inc.
The power of choicehttps://papillonmdc.ca/portfolio-item/dr-mirella-de-civita-talks-career-choices-and-getting-unstuck-on-unique-careers-unique-lives-podcast/
Psychology of Bad Leadership
The Psychology of Bad Leadership – Dr. Mirella De Civita is a Guest on the Keep Leading™ Podcast – Papillon MDC Inc.
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Gwen Yi founded Tribeless with a dream - to create safe spaces in our everyday lives that skip the small talk and #SeeTheHumanFirst. In this episode, Gwen explains how human connection is possible - even over zoom! By adapting The Empathy Box (her proprietary card-based facilitation tool) to an online environment, she describes how we can all practice “the microskills of empathy” and create safe spaces for empathetic group conversations to flourish.
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www.tribeless.co
www.empathybox.co
http://empathycircles.co/
Gwen’s TedTalk
Empathy In Action: Five cards for every conversation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voIFnb5g1Cw&t=85s
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In her Master’s Thesis Capstone Empathy Check, Tori Edwards describes why and how exhibition curators should collaborate with the communities for whom they are designing as equals. In this episode, she describes an exhibit called Queens: The Weight of Our Crown at the Colored Girls Museum which she developed and designed to establish an empathetic experience for the African Diasporic community around the subject of hair.
You can reach Tori here: http://www.victoriaredwards.com/empathy-check
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Dr. Lidewij Niezink, who has been studying empathy for nearly 20 years, co-founded Empathic Intervision, "An embodied practice of empathy for people working together to identify opportunities and co-create solutions to challenges.” In this episode, she shares the 5-step process: Self-empathy (intention setting); kinesthetic empathy (connection with others); reflective empathy (mutual understanding); imaginative empathy (diversifying perspectives); and empathy creativity (actionable outcomes).
Lidewij Niezink’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lniezink/?originalSubdomain=fr
Empathic Intervision:
https://empathicintervision.com/
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In the aftermath of the Biden-Harris win over Trump, this episode features Ron McCLelland, an actor, pastor and spiritual director and explores three themes: Empathy, Lament and Solidarity. In their conversation about allyship and healing America’s racial divide, Ron describes what it means to “walk with the other” and love one’s enemy(ies). It’s an inspiring reminder that empathy is a gateway to understanding and reconciliation.
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Website: https://ronmcclelland.com/
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In this episode, Rasha Kutty shares the vision and mission of The Empathy University, which she founded. Its goal is to provide empathy training to educators and corporate organizations to help grow a culture of empathy in the world. In particular, she describes the importance of personal storytelling to see one another and the world through an empathic lens.
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https://www.facebook.com/theempathyuniversity
https://www.instagram.com/the_empathy_university/
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Lisa Gallagher is an early childhood expert who was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by Canada’s Prime Minister in 2012 for her leadership. In this episode, she shares how COVID-19 has profoundly tested educators and parents and impacted children in different ways. And in light of this, she urges us all to extend more empathy to children, educators, and parents - including at Hallowe’en!
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Lamiya Morshed, Executive Director of the Yunus Centre, has spent three decades working alongside Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus, helping to lift millions of women and their families out of poverty. In this episode, she shares the origin story of social business and explains why it’s such a powerful vehicle for social impact. She also describes a world of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions, the central thesis of Dr. Yunus’ latest book. As Nelson Mandela put it: It always seems impossible until it’s done.
Yunus Centre: https://www.muhammadyunus.org
Declare COVID-19 Vaccines A Global Common Good
https://www.vaccinecommongood.org/
Dr. Yunus Nobel acceptance speech
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/lecture/
Grameen Bank
http://www.grameen.com/
Danone Communities
https://www.danone.com/integrated-annual-report-2019/sustainable-projects/danone-communities-grameen.html
A History of Microfinance | Muhammad Yunus | TEDxVienna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UCuWxWiMaQ
A World of Three Zeros
https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/muhammad-yunus/a-world-of-three-zeros/9781610397582/
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Parag Mankeekar is a medical doctor, trained anthropologist, social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow. He’s also the Executive Director of RealLives, an online video game that aims to increase empathy across the globe. In this episode, he explains how experiencing someone else’s lived reality from birth to death, based on real-world statistics and big data sets, and through gamification, encourages empathy and a heightened sense of our shared humanity.
Play the game:
https://www.reallivesworld.com
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragneeti/?originalSubdomain=in
Watch Parag’s TEDx Talk: Cultivating empathy through video-games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RtnxIz8DaY
Watch videos of gamers playing RealLives (~1,000,000 views each): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUKRCcO0UTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_AdF6Aoz_w
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Gillian Aitken spearheaded a one-day food drive in Montreal called September 13thMiracle. Despite a rainy day, 25,000 kilos of food donations were collected throughout Greater Montreal and redistributed to 200 private homes and 100 food banks by 2000 volunteers. In this episode, she talks about heightened food insecurity as a result of COVID-19 and shares what she learned about distributive leadership and listening to the local community.
Website: https://miracle13septembre.org/en/home/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Miracle.Du.13.Septembre
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Rachel Kiddell-Monroe is founder of SeeChange, a non-profit organization that helps communities empower themselves. Rachel has been on the frontlines of humanitarian aid for decades and uses her background as a lawyer and activist to fight for social justice. In this episode, Rachel describes why she is optimistic about the future, despite having devoted her career to people who have suffered massive trauma and loss.
Rachel’s TEDx talk, The Power of Choice...Choosing Humanity and Solidarityhttps://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_kiddell_monroe_the_power_of_choice_choosing_humanity_and_solidarity
SeeChange Initiative
https://seechangeinitiative.org
SeeChange Initiative’s fundraiser in respond to COVID-19
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/help-global-communities-respond-to-covid-19/
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Elif is the Founder of Empathy-Building through Museums and author of Designing for Empathy. In this episode, she shares her experience meeting His Holiness The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala and describes why the circle is a beautiful metaphor for empathy. In both cases, it’s all about our eternal “oneness.”
Connect with Elif: https://elifgokcigdem.com
You can order her books here:
https://www.amazon.ca/Designing-Empathy-Perspectives-Museum-Experience/dp/1538118289
https://www.amazon.ca/Fostering-Empathy-Through-Museums-Gokcigdem/dp/1442263571/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1600219846&refinements=p_27%3AElif+M.+Gokcigdem&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Elif+M.+Gokcigdem
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Kathryn Aitken is Co-founder of Transition NDG, a cooperative that is part of the global Transition Network. In this episode, Anita talks to Kathryn about re-imagining a sustainable world and harnessing resilience within communities to accelerate that transition. Kathryn also shares her experience with Extinction Rebellion.
Transition NDG can be reached at:
ttndg.info@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/TransitionTownNdg/
Transition is a movement that has been growing since 2005. It is about communities stepping up to address the big challenges they face by starting local. By coming together, they are able to crowd-source solutions. They seek to nurture a caring culture, one focused on supporting each other, both as groups or as wider communities.
https://transitionnetwork.org/
Extinction Rebellion Quebec
https://extinctionrebellion.ca/quebec/
https://www.facebook.com/xr.quebec/
Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience in an attempt to halt mass extinction and minimise the risk of social collapse.
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/
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Wali Shah is a poet and public speaker who has performed for President Obama, Seth Rogen, Chris Hadfield, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kendrick Lamar. In this episode, Anita talks to Wali about growing up as an immigrant in Toronto, his struggle to belong and his wake-up call at 15 years old when he was arrested. Given his lived experiences, Wali’s advocacy work focuses on bullying, mental health and toxic masculinity.
Description:
To watch Wali’s graduation poem video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HV8E0zOZsA
To watch Wali’s TedxMississauga Talk on toxic masculinity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=UXMkZvThpbw&feature=emb_title
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Many youth are championing social progress across geographies, time, and disciplines. In this episode, Anita talks with Bushra Ebadi, a Youth Ambassador with the UNESCO-led Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy about why agency is a more transformative framework for advancing peace, justice, equity, and sustainability than empowerment.
Anita Nowak is an empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach.
Is becoming a better ally important to you? In this episode, Anita talks with Fabrice Vil, Founder of Pour 3 Points about the lived experience of racism, what it means to be anti-racist, and the importance of decolonizing our hearts and minds.
Fabrice Vil’s TedxHEC Montreal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlmkLcvE-JI
Anita Nowak is an empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach.