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Empathy Circles
These are basic instructions for holding an empathy circle with a group of 3 to 5 participants (4 is ideal).
This is one of the most accessible and effective ways to exercise and grow your empathy muscles.
Links to Videos of Past Online Empathy Circles.
Over the years we have held well over 100 empathy circles online. Here are links to some of the ones we recorded.
Circle Group 10 - (Docs) Charter for Compassion Book Club
restorative circles dealing with conflicts
Special Circle for Tragedies - Newtown, Boston Bombings, etc
Special circles addressing the grief and tragedy of difficult events like the Newtown School Shooting,Boston Marathon bombing, etc
Project Folders on Google Docs
Many of our project files are publicly available and editable on Google docs. Here is a list of these pages.
User Guide - Developing a guide that anyone can use to take part in, or start, a circle.
User Guide for Setting up Google Hangouts: Step by step guide on how to use Google Hangouts.
This is the technology we use for the video meeting part of the circles.
Please follow the instructions to set up Google hangouts
Email Discussion Group - This email discussion group on Google Groups is only
for people working on the Empathy Movement and Circles.
Working Pages For Empathy Circles
Circle Outline - Work page for developing a User Guide for the Circles
Videos - Youtube videos of past circles
Images - Screen shots of the circle meetings
Testimonials - User comments about their experiences in the Circles.
Brainstorming - general brainstorming about the movement
Restorative Empathy Circles - We hold Restorative Empathy Circles for individuals
and groups that are in conflict. These groups support healing through the fostering of
empathic connection and understanding.
Lidewij Niezink Empathy Circles Articles
References
LidewijNiezink.com - Lidewij Niezink's webpage for the Empathy Movement
Reflective-Listening - About Reflective Listening, Focusing, etc, links to articles and videos.
Circle Process & Other Links - About circle process links and websites, etc.
Circle With Mindscape drawing - cool mindscape drawings of one of the empathy circles.
Empathy Circles Prezi by Lidewij Niezink
A basic outline of the Empathy Circles and the stages of empathy we work with.
Empathy as a Factor for Change
Presentation by Lidewij Niezink at the 'Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference', London, November 2012. How can we make sure that the research on empathy and compassion contributes to this changing world? By turning it into practice: Empathy Circles combine research from different scientific disciplines into one instrument which helps us to walk the talk.
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