Empathy Community > 2014-03-24-Online-Circle-Harvest

Attending

• Edwin

• Vick

• Gera Hasse

• Jeff

• Amy

• Jeremy

• Laurens

Intentions

 Intention for the Empathy Circle
Our intention for the circle is to foster an expanding empathic community. That is to nurture empathy for ourselves (self-empathy), empathic connection in the circle, as well as, in the larger society & world.

 

Edwin: I want to build a local empathic community. I've been doing a lot online and now want a local in person community.

 

My intention is to gain a better understanding of empathy.

 

to not fear the judgment of others

 

empathy - building connections and skills to build connections

 

To put my needs aside for a couple of hours to listen to others .

 

To be able to better communicate with my son and daughter in law

 

to practice empathic communication

 

to prepare for out reach to a mathematician

 

 

 

 

 

I like..

jeff

• meeting new people that I really like

• being able to talk about thing I normally don't talk about

• getting lost in other peoples life

• laughing

• being heard

 

Laurens

• out switching people between tables

• the feeling of companionship at the end

 

Jeremy

• being given the space to speak and say what I want to say

• truly knowing how well I was understood

 

Amy

• sharing what is on my mind with strangers who are accepting and defer jugement

• I also like coloring these people

 

Michael

• randomization of the circle groups - I think it works fairly well

• good location

• new faces

• familiar faces

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Gera - the starting and restating ideas because it makes me hear the ideas in another light

 

Edwin

• 4 new people who bring new energy

• flipping the coin - thank you Michael for the creativite

 

I Wish...

jeff - we had more topics to drive the conversation sometimes

 

Laurens - we can continue to have new people integrating well into our meetings

 

Jeremy -

•  I didn't feel so stressed to be a good listener and connecting reflect back

• It wasn't so awkward to find someone to speak too.

 

Amy

• It was longer - there were more people

• we started by bringing all of our anxieties and hang ups to the table, so that we could be more present

 

 

Michael

• more connect

Gera - there was not so many people and so much noise

 

Edwin

• more time to try other empathic approaches -  empathic singing

• more creative energy

What if...  yes, what if?

jeff  - we have a section where we talk about a bunch of predetermined topics

 

Laurens - we could find empathy easily in the rest of or lives

 

Jeremy

• we did paired empathic listening

• conversed normally at the end

• did the design crash course [ on how to redesign the Empathy Circles]

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Amy

• we did this over a meal?

• or met somewhere with comfortable couches / rugs

Gera - everything was okay

Edwin

• more leadership

• Michael organize an outside circle

• think about a time limit of 10 minutes per round? not sure

• I try singing empathy? ask for a song as reflection.