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Peder Zane is journalist who has worked at The News & Observer of Raleigh and The New York Times. He teaches Mass Communication and Journalism at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh. ..
"If we want to move our politics and culture in a positive direction, we should stop calling for civility and start practicing the lost art of empathy....
Practicing empathy does not mean that we will adopt their point of view...empathy enables us to recognize their humanity. " 
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Jim and Jori Manski offer training, mediation, facilitation, organizational transformation, coaching, mentoring and classes in integrating Compassionate-Nonviolent Communications (NVC).
Jori says Empathy is like 2 hearts beating together, a salve for the heart, or walking with another in sync. Punishment and domination are the antithesis. How to Build a Culture of Empathy?
2. Compassionate leadership - with everyone leading their own life and influencing with compassion.
3. Cultural change can happen in a society within one generation if children have a model of empathy, and education is a collaborative exploration.
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In this article, instead of trying to demonstrate the features of any particular label, I'd like to discuss two psychological traits that show up in a number of apparently distinct diagnostic entities, and I'll use the main character from that classic film, Citizen Kane, to demonstrate them.
The first of these features -- a lack of empathy -- is a diagnostic criterion of both narcissistic personality disorder and various autism spectrum disorders.
The second, narcissistic rage, features in both borderline and narcissistic personality disorders.
By Joseph Burgo
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"Truly empathic statements don't necessarily try to make the other person's pain go away or feel better.
Seems like when you get to that point, you want to give up and hand yourself over to the snakes, because you feel that there’s no goodness left anywhere in the world, inside or out.
These strike me as statements of stark truth that grow from true empathy, not sympathy; by entering into my clients’ emotions and articulating exactly what they feel, I empathize with their pain but don’t try to make it better by offering consolation or easy optimism. Because I’m not afraid to look at something so painful and then to articulate it, I also communicate to my clients that, as painful as their experience may be, as unbearable as it seems, it actually can be tolerated."
By Joseph Burgo
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‘The ability to identify with another person’s feelings.’’ That is how Mary Gordon’s organization, Roots of Empathy, defines the elemental but elusive human quality that gives the group its name. Empathy is a simple concept, which is actually why it has such potential to change the world. -------------------------------------
Daniel, I agree. And I love the idea of an infrastructure of empathetic people. I often speak about the idea of critical mass. To a physicist a critical mass is the amount of radioactive material that must be present for a nuclear reaction to become self-sustaining. For the service movement a critical mass is when the service habit hits enough people so that it can begin to spread spontaneously around the county. Like an outbreak of a positive infection, where everyone is a carrier. What we need to do is go out and carry this positive infection, so that together we can reach that critical mass.
And thank you for introducing me to the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy!
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In Eastern Kentucky University’s final Chautauqua lecture of the 2011-12 series Thursday, April 26, an Eastern Kentucky University psychology professor will address the subject of empathy.
Dr. Matthew Winslow, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, will discuss “the barriers to empathy, what empathy can do for us, and how we can increase empathy in all people.” His talk, titled “Walking A Mile in Your Shoes,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Hall of the Student Success Building. The event is free and open to the public.
“What can we do about problems like prejudice, aggression, rudeness and intolerance?” Winslow asked. “I will propose that any answer must involve empathy.”
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Frans de Waal knows about chimpanzees. He has been studying primate behavior since 1975, and he currently serves as the C. H. Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University and Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He has written numerous books about primates, and his most recent book,The Age of Empathy, explores the evolutionary origins of morality, empathy, and emotions.
As we learn more about our animal kin, the issue of medical experimentation becomes more contentious, especially regarding chimpanzees and other primates.
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As parents, it is our responsibility to do what we can to make sure that our children aren’t bullies (besides hide behind our pure intentions and upstanding values).
The good news is that we can consciously raise kids who are more likely to stand up for a victim of bullying than they are to be perpetrators. Here are five things we can teach our children so that they are kind and compassionate:
(1) How their actions affect others....
by Christine Carter
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It was a reminder that the innovation, passion, and empathy on display at Skoll transcend gender, politics, geography and education. Service is in the zeitgeist. Now, zeitgeist is a German word almost untranslatable in English, but it does exist as a concept. And when individuals and businesses tap into it, they have the wind at their back.
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Teachers who learn to collaborate, resolve conflicts, and respect multiple perspectives become powerful role models for students.
The documentary Bully has forced teachers and principals to renew their efforts to find ways to end bullying in schools. Although experts have identified steps schools should take to end bullying, the broader challenge—creating a culture of empathy—remains. According to educator Vinciane Rycroft, co-founder of U.K.-based charity Mind with Heart, if teachers want to address the root of the problem they must become models of empathy, altruism, and compassion.
by LIZ DWYER
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People who are hard-wired to show empathy and kindness do so even in the face of a threatening or untrustworthy world.
What makes people behave kindly? Is it the result of having been nurtured in an environment of love and kindness that makes you more likely to treat others the same way? Or perhaps personal experiences of threat and deprivation make you more attuned to the suffering of others? Or maybe it’s just a matter of genes?
As with so many human tendencies, displays of kindness are likely to be influenced by both environment and genes
By MAIA SZALAVITZ
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The film BULLY follows five stories of children and families who are affected deeply by bullying within the course of a school year. With intimate glimpses into homes, classrooms, cafeterias, and principals’ offices, the film offers insight into the lives of bullied, ridiculed children.
Historically, seemingly small instances of labeling and ridicule have catastrophic consequences for the marginalized groups involved. This film brings those “small” instances into the spotlight creating a space to discuss the effects of bullying. The accompanying guide tells the personal stories of those bullied, and suggests that improving school climate takes fostering a reflective and engaging learning community.
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Some children are intuitively compassionate and empathetic, even in a competitive society where these virtues are often not celebrated or encouraged.
Compassion and empathy are characteristics of nurturing behaviour. Providing a place where kids, especially boys, can demonstrate nurturing behaviour towards other living beings is part of what makes the BC SPCA Among Animals summer camps unique. Kids will have opportunities to explore the needs of companion animals, farm animals and wildlife.
SCHOOL BREAK & HOLIDAY ANIMAL CAMPS
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Sarah Peyton is owner of Interpersonal Neurobiology and Needs-Based Communication. She offers classes, workshops, teleseminars and one-on-one sessions bringing together empathy and resonance with an understanding of the brain for sustainable change that feels good.
How to build a culture of empathy?
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The 14th Dalai Lama made the last of three local appearances today with a lecture at San Diego State University about upholding ethics and compassion in challenging times.
The Dalai Lama, a spry 76-year-old named Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism as well as a political leader, traveling the world advocating autonomy for his country, which is controlled by China. Today's 9:30 a.m. event at Viejas Arena is sold out but will be broadcast over the Internet.
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Joseph Burgo has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years, holding licenses as a marriage and family therapist and clinical psychologist.
The empathic person is a bit like a sponge, absorbing a part of the other person's emotional experience and feeling it inside.
The opposite would be indifference and self-absorption because they make it impossible to absorb the feelings of another person. I suppose the metaphor would be narcissus and his reflection in the mirror.
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In order to empathize with another person, you have to recognize that he actually exists apart from and without specific reference to you. You must understand that she has a distinct identity and an interior life of her own, with which you might possibly empathize.
While there are some interesting exceptions to this rule, it’s a useful place to start a discussion of why some people can’t empathize, or why their ability to feel empathy is severely restricted. We can look at the spectrum of psychological disorders in terms of ability to recognize and tolerate separateness, then understand the ways that this ability will limit our capacity to feel for other people.
by Joseph Burgo, Ph.D.
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By developing empathy in children we have greater hope of changing the world, and creating more peaceful, caring and civil societies...
The ability to understand how others feel is at the core of our humanity. The absence of empathy underlies war, genocide, neglect, racism, abuse, and marginalization of all kinds. Empathy is part of our emotional intelligence, our social development, our self-concept, and builds on our self-awareness.
The more empathetic we are, the more intelligent, the more open to our own emotions, the more skilled we are in reading the feelings of others. It is both a genetically determined and a learned skill. As with any learned skill it can be trained and requires practice; however, it needs to be natural, spontaneous, and sincere.
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There's a new subject being taught in public schools and some colleges today that wasn't around when I went to school. It's called empathy. Apparently the plan is to teach kids to have empathy for other people in the world. It's a sort of variation of teaching multiculturalism.
In another area, I know a father who was denied custody of his children because the judge ruled he didn't have enough empathy. She had no credentials for making that judgment, but Family Court judges can issue any order they want. There is no scientific definition of empathy, so any empathy decision is based on the biases and prejudices of the instructor or judge...
There is no scientific definition of empathy, so any empathy decision is based on the biases and prejudices of the instructor or judge.
[in this radio show, Philis Schlafly from Eagle Forum, talks about her concerns about teaching empathy in the schools]
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A provocative new paper suggests people can take advantage of the brain’s neuroplasticity totrain it to be more empathetic, appreciative and compassionate.
Practices like physical exercise, certain forms of psychological counseling and meditation can all change brains for the better, according to the authors of an online review in Nature Neuroscience...
“Modern neuroscience research leads to the inevitable conclusion that we can actually enhance well-being by training that induces neuroplastic changes in the brain.”
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A conference for professionals in education, health and social care
The conference from 23-24 November is aimed at professionals in the fields of education, health and social care. A number of the world’s leading experts on empathy and compassion will address questions such as:
How are empathy and compassion being applied in healthcare, education and social action?
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While Kingsley was in Ashoka's DC Office, we asked him, "How does empathy play into your work?" Kingsley Bangwell is empowering Nigerian youth to be informed...
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While nothing replaces meeting with a patient, reading another physician’s description of interviewing a patient can provide insights into physician-patient interactions that we cannot get when we ourselves are involved. In my view, “A Case of Baffling Fatigue with a Spectral Twist” illustrates clinical empathy in action.
Often confused with compassion, sympathy, and other benevolent emotions, clinical empathy involves emotional resonance, but is distinguished by curiosity. Whereas sympathy involves feeling as if one were “in the same boat” with another, empathy involves curiosity about another’s distinct experience. Vividly and specifically imagining another’s distinct world becomes possible with careful, attuned listening.
by Jodi Halpern, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Richard Davidson (Center for Investivating Healthy Minds/Waisman Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison) introduces His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Appleton Compassion Project. His Holiness delivers a message to the citizens of Appleton, Wisconsin.
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The 3rd Annual Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit Patient experience has emerged as a dynamic issue for healthcare CEOs, physicians, and industry leaders. No provider can afford to offer anything less than the best clinical, physical and emotional experience to patients and families. As patients become savvier, they judge healthcare providers not only on clinical outcomes, but also on their ability to be compassionate and deliver excellent, patient-centered care.
The Essence of Compassionate Care: The Skilled Use of Empathy
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