Monthly Empathy Circle with Wendy - What's Alive for You about Death and Dying?
Event description
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What's Alive for You about Death and Dying?
This gathering is for the wider community to share honest conversations about death and dying and will include a reflection and empathy circle. I will be the guide for the session.
Throughout this gathering our basic foundation will be that of empathic or deep listening. Authors of the program, Ongo: Everyday Nonviolence, Catherine Cadden and Jesse Chu, write, 'Empathy turns the listening up in our heart and quiets the mind by engaging our sense of curiosity about ourselves and others. We consider empathy to have five components in this order: curiosity, mindful presence, intention to connect, focus on universal needs and confirmation.'
Third Thursday of the month at 6.30pm - 8pm AEDT (Sydney, Australia).
There will be no session in February 2021
You will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link to join the meeting. This link is right at the bottom of the email.
Deep listening, holding space and offering mindful presence.
In the small empathy group there is an invitation for everyone to speak and, together, we ensure everyone’s voice, including your own, can be heard. You will be given a guide as to how much time there is for each participant.
The elements of deep listening: listen with curiosity, mindful presence, a sense of our shared humanity and universal needs and an intention to connect with the person speaking.
When it’s your turn to speak, take a breath or two and just let yourself relax into what wants to be voiced in this moment. What's Alive For You?
Wendy or the guide for the session will explain fully what will happen and you will be given the opportunity to ask questions.
Further Resources
The Empathy Circle with Wendy Haynes - downloadable PDF - available soon.
Brief overview of NVC https://www.cnvc.org/learn-nvc/what-is-nvc
Great bigger picture: https://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/What-is-NVC-Information.pdf