Peter speaks from experience in handling difficult people and situations. In this intense talk, he sets forth a philosophy and mindset for coping with loved ones who present us with emotional challenges.
While it may be counter-intuitive, his concept of Radical Empathy illuminates a way of disarming hurtful situations.
But, she’s done it all for her craft. She’s sung Abba, which — that’s something. (Laughter.) She learned violin, wore a nun’s habit, faced down a charging lion, mastered every accent under the sun. She inhabits her characters so full…
Some of them possess a key quality that President Obama is looking for in his judicial nominees:See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
http://empathysummit.com The Empathy Summit is a free virtual conference in nonviolent communication. Listen to interviews with eleven speakers. Learn to create healthy relationships & deeper connection. Presented by the New York Intensive in …
Do you prioritize other people’s feelings over your own? You might be falling into the “empathy trap.”
Empathy is having its moment. The ability to feel what another person is feeling, from that person’s perspective, generates lots of press as the ultimate positive value and the pathway to a kinder, less violent world. Schools across the country are teaching empathy to children, and myriad books explore it from every possible angle: how to get it, why it makes you a better person, how its absence can breed evil.
Empathy is exalted by thinkers from Zen Buddhist monk Thích Nhâ’t Hąnh to British writer Roman Krznaric, who just launched an online Empathy Museum where you can virtually step into someone else’s shoes. Established scientists like primatologist Frans de Waal and developmental psychiatrist Daniel Siegel explore the deep roots of empathy in animals and its essential nature in humans.
