Aired Live on Sunday, November 7, 2010 on www.CFRU.ca 93.3 FM in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
8 to 9 AM Eastern Standard Time
Wendy McDonnell and Cathy Bucher explore empathy through discussion and demonstrations. Empathy is a way of opening our hearts to bear witness to another person’s experience. It is not necessarily something we do for another. It is a way of being with another. The pace of empathetic listening is often slower than the kind of communication we’re used to. Trusting in our capacity for self-connection and understanding leads to actions that are in alignment with our values.
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Show 47 – Empathy
Posted by Wendy on November 10, 2010
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Show 44 – Empathy Call In Show
Posted by Wendy on October 3, 2010
Aired Live: Sunday, October 3, 2010 on 93.3 FM www.CFRU.ca, Guelph, Ontario, Canada from 8 to 9 AM Eastern Time
This is a call-in empathy show with Wendy McDonnell and Cathy Bucher.
Adults or children, call in with any concern or celebration you have about your family life and we’ll hear it. We intend on doing this on the first Sunday of every month.
Call-in for Empathy Support 519.837.CFRU (2378)
While you’re on the air with us, please turn the volume down on your radio or computer and listen to us through your phone.
We discussed what Empathy is and what Empathy isn’t. Thank you Casey and Meme for calling in and sharing your stories with us. Thank you to the others who emailed us later and said you tried to call and the line was busy. Please join us on November 7th when we do our next Empathy Call-In Show.
Family Heart Camp: www.familyheartcamp.org
The Center for Nonviolent Communication: www.CNVC.org
Empathy is the honour of listening for feelings and what people value in the present moment however they express that. Nothing is broken. There is no urgency to fix anything. We trust people’s innate wisdom to know themselves and follow their own path.
In contrast, Empathy isn’t fixing, advising, or comparing another’s story to our own. Empathy isn’t trying to change the other person’s situation or feelings. It isn’t sympathy, where we share the same feelings as the other person.
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