Patricia Chong

Patricia

workshops/2015-07-25

Melisa interviews Patricia notes by Velina

Patricia really liked the empathy circle. Patricia noticed that Velina is using more emotions and that she is just straight forward and wants to have more emotions. Feels that when she does the listening she wants to understand the feelings not just facts. Melissa thinks she is in the same situation. They both feel they can improve on this process. I see the two of them sharing that they are having the same experience with doubts about doing the listening right.

It’s helping Patricia a lot to listen to how to feel into the experience of the sharing rather than just the parroting. Patricia felt like I was giving her a lot of encouragement and that felt good but doesn’t feel she is giving as much back and wants to learn and grow in the process.

Patricia notices that she needs to learn to give herself more empathy.

She thinks that the group needs to be on the same page...ex with the time of the class.

She would like to see more organization and clarity in the events calendar. There was confusion and maybe too many sources for information. And we need to consolidate and streamline

(Edwin Notes):

How do you feel about doing the empathy circle today?

    • your question resonates with me

    • Velina is putting in a lot of emotion in her reflection

    • That is something I need to work on

    • I need to have the feel and felt emotions

    • When I do empathic listening I need to do more feeling than the facts

    • I can improve on connecting more to the feelings

How can we improve doing empathy?

    • whatever you shared with velina helped me a lot

    • get more into feelings

What kind of emotions or feelings do you have when you do an empathy circle?

    • when I was reflected by valina and she gave me support that felt good

    • I felt I was supported

What area do you want to improve and why?

    • Personally: I need to be more kind to myself

    • For Group:

      • we are doing really well. we need to be on the same page

      • need one event calendar [done-should be clear in the future]

      • the time issue 9 to 12 - get on the same page on [done-should be clear in the future]

      • if there is a place we can have all the material on one page [done- website]

Melissa Interviewee Name: Patricia

Insight: She feels that she want to improve on adding more empathy rather than straight forward reflection.

she feels not skilled enough

be more than a parent.

Feedback:

reassurance helped

Feelings

  • Upset

  • Uncertain

  • Not skilled yet

Needs

  • Grow

  • Develop

  • Improve