<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Edwin Rutsch</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:EdwinRutsch@gmail.com">EdwinRutsch@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:27 PM<br>Subject: Empathy Circle News: bridging social & political divides<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>

    
        
        
        
        

    
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                            Greetings,  <br>
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We have been scaling up our online Empathy Circles for bridging the social and political divides and received <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=dec1b88332&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">many positive comments</a> about the effectiveness. <br>
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<strong>You are invited to take part in a free online <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=bd77ae0e53&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Empathy Circle</a></strong> and to learn how to facilitate them. To take part, join our <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=1bf7e61314&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> and <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=781e339e2a&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">EmpathyCircle.com</a> website.<br>
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<font><strong>An Empathy Circle is a <font face="Arial">structured dialogue process based on mutual active listening</font>. </strong>It is easily to learn and reproduce. This foundational practice builds a culture of empathy <font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif">by ensuring that each participant feels fully heard to their satisfaction.  </font></font><br>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Wishing you Happy Holidays!</strong></span><br>
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Warmly<br>
Edwin Rutsch<br>
Director: <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=86493198d4&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Center for Building a Culture of Empathy</a><br>
Founder: <a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=7d50101762&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Empathy Tent</a><br>
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            <strong>The Empathy Effect,</strong> a new book that demonstrates how showing greater empathy toward your fellow human beings can enhance your own life and society as a whole. <br>
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<strong><a href="https://cultureofempathy.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83b412dd95de60e7b42e0b42e&id=fac4c7754b&e=03262185a4" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">See my interview with the author</a>, Helen Riess, </strong>Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Massachusetts General Hospital <font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">and Chief Technology Officer of Empathetics.</font></font></font>  
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<p style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:1em 0;padding:0;line-height:150%"><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong> "...showing greater empathy toward your fellow human beings can enhance your own life and society as a whole.<br>
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Through empathy, parents see their children for who they are, and help them realize their potential. Teachers connect with students in ways that help learners discover and expand there talents.<br>
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Businesses are more likely to thrive because they invest in the people working for them. Politicians start to represent the needs of their constituencies."  Helen Riess</strong></span></span></p>
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