The Tao of Empathy: Practice the Four Elements of Empathic Connection
Empathy
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2h 18m
John Kinyon, Certified NVC Trainer:
“The Chinese philosopher, Chuang-Tzu, stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: ‘…it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.'"
--Excerpt from Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
In this telecourse recording, John offers an overview and practice with four elements of empathy – presence, understanding/meaning, need language and deepening into needs.
The focus of this recording is learning the presence of empathy and allowing the words of empathic reflection to flow naturally and simply from presence. This can happen when there is an “emptiness of the faculties” and listening with one’s “whole being.” You will also learn about giving people understanding in natural language before moving into translating and connecting to need language.
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Keywords:
- empathy
- needs
- presence
- naturalizing NVC
- universal human needs
- John Kinyon
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