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Empathy Training Design Team 3: Meeting 5: Start

Empathy Training Design Team 3: Meeting 5: Arrival Question

Empathy Training Design Team 3: Meeting 5: Empathy Circle

Meeting Prep

• • CHAPTER 05 Roadblocks to Listening (Part 1)

LESSON AGENDA

(HEADINGS) (Stop-Watch)

ON ARRIVAL QUESTION: Write below

• 1. RECORDING: Start

  2. INTENTION SETTING: Building a Culture of Empathy

  3. MIRRORING FEELINGS: Self-Empathy: Check-in: Mirrored Feeling

  4. QUESTION ON ARRIVAL: Share

  5. HOW CONTRIBUTE: Discussion Ingrid and Lisa

  6. EMPATHY CIRCLE: Topic: CHAPTER 05 or whatever is alive in you.

     1. View Summary:

     2. Feedback on Empathy Circle

  7. Try It: *05: BLOCK WITH REFLECT

  8. 10 minutes Open Discussion

  9. HOUSEHOLD

• • 1. Next week CHAPTER 05 Roadblocks to Listening (Part 2)

• 10. MIRRORING FEELINGS

  11. INTENTION SETTING: Closing

  12. End: RECORDING

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On Arrival Writing Question: *C5 FAVORITE BLOCK

What is your favorite empathy roadblock and why?

Edwin

Detachment: Somehow detaching has been a way to deal with some issues. I feel that if I detach I can see a problem from the outside and will have more clarity about it. However, I find myself withdrawing from situations which does not feel good.

Dimitra

Mainly warning and advising i think..

Stephan

I use so many of them. My most commonly used ones are advising and persuading.

Ingrid

There are a few that I tend to use more often but I am getting much better now at recognizing when I use them: Analyzing, Judging, and Advising

I also use Agreeing but I am not always as quick to catch myself doing.

Idea to Add: What empathy roadblock really bothers you and why? And how to respond?

Dimitra

Some of the roadblock

Don’t self judge.. Don’t beat yourself up. Be more relaxed .

Recognize you will fail sometime. Don't; crucify me.

Motivations of empathy.

Not just to feel good.. To feel connection. Contribute to others.

It comes from my heart… a drive that I must do.. It’s an inner natural drive .

This is my only option for someone that is in need.

What is the limit when it come to empathy?

How do I protect myself if I feel hurt in an empathic society.

As an empathic person, how do you survive emotionally.. People will use the roadblocks.

If they they don’t respond I will go. What do we do when the others don’t understand us.

The antidote is I can accept any behaviour as long as they realize that something is wrong. Have understanding for others empathic failure.

Ingrid

Empathy first before advice.

Example with children.

Not practicing for a week, get out of it. Lose it.

You missed it.

When people just talk and talk… what to do.. They don’t listen

When do you draw the line on empathy?

( mutuality of empathy)

Stephan

I encounter blocks to empathy everyday..

As director of center... lots of people

Helps to keep calm and listen, offer some comfort, a blanket, concern.

Listening and try the best I can to agree with what they are saying.

To validate what they are saying and their experience.

This will calm them and open them for communications.

Discontinue relationships with people who sucker the energy out of you.

Doesn’t help to try to teach others empathy.

Select people that are empathic.

Edwin

(that is a culture of empathy, the mutuality of the relationships.)

How to deal with deep mental issues.?

Extra Notes

Ingrid talk about Lessons

• - short readings with visuals/animations and watching short videos

• - personal stories.

• - Next week assignments.

• - getting listening feedback, design ways of getting some feedback and tips on how to improve my reflective listening

• - Objectives.

• etc

Benefit of empathy circle

• By meeting in a group, we practice the empathic listening.

• "Zoom makes our empathy course very engaging and it allows me to practice what I am learning (which is critical for me). "

Dimitra

Social Problems need Empathy Lessons

I am glad to know that you found the video thoughtful. It is part of the material i use in my language classes so to keep my students engaged into meaningful social discussions.

Yes, I would like to design some classes and even collaborate with our team members on that. I will need time though because I am working on my assignments for the university this month but your idea is wonderful!

Also, regarding animations i had seen these videos and you are right thinking that a video could put our ideas forward in a more effective and engaging way. If some art students could join, that would be wonderful!

Discussion with Miller:

About the writer of the book and the discussion we could have with him, i think that we could start viewing empathy from different angles. For example, how does he see empathy in education or medicine or in the hot issue of refugees. Why empathy and not compassion? We could