Andrea Quintero

April interviews Andrea

What was your experience of the Empathy Circle? how did it feel.

Amazing.Oh my god, why doesn’t everybody in the world do this? Grateful. Amazing

grateful why don’t more people do this.

What parts of the Empathy Circle did you have trouble with and why?

At the very beginning, not having done this before, learning to respond, like the others did, giving feedback.

Uncomfortable? More something new to me that I was learning.

Disconnected? No… learning to respond like people

Any points in the conversation where you did feel disconnected?

no

What sort of feelings did you experience?

have the feeling to connect. deeply it’s a beautiful thing.

Having the ability to connect deeply with someone I never knew before, interacting with each of you for five minutes...It’s a beautiful thing….it is true...there is almost like a sense of time, that you have to spend a lot of time with people in order to connect, but that was not true here. We got deeply connected in a few minutes….I feel optimistic….there is hope!!

I feel optimist and I feel hope.

In parts that were more emotional, was it easy to go in those places given how little we know each other?

I work with a great psychologist, who just tells me to be real...whatever you want to say, just put it out there...so I took a risk and I just put it out there and it was good...

That is a great question, I have a psychologist that says just say it out.

It sounded like you have training to go into it and be vulnerable.?

It sounded like there was risk but it came with a high level of reward.?

yes.High level of risk = high level of reward.

Anything Else you want to add?

no since this is my first time.

maybe if I continue to do it I will.

April Interview Andrea

Insight: Felt a level of hesitation or discomfort being new to the process, that there was uncertainty in being able to respond the same way others were

Feedback: Very Accurate

Feelings

• • Amazed.

  • Grateful.

Needs

• • Connection

  • Acceptance

  • Closeness

  • Awareness

Brainstorm

How Might We.. get more practice, deep experience, enjoyable engagement and spreading of the empathy circles?

Andrea:

Facebook page

Active Blog Site

Podcasts with scholars or big Empathy proponents.

Getting potential sponsorship from local organizations to share with others your message and your vision

Provide a certificate of completion

Different versions of training (beginner, intermediate, master) - perhaps provide certification at this level as well.

just do it. branding .

Andrea: ‘slogan’

empathy - learning how to be with others.

Just do it.

Empathy is sexy

Empathy takes time

Empathy = Closeness

and design