Empathy Circle with Janna Weiss
Overview of the Sessions:
Janna will provide short excerpts, quotes or video, and suggested topic questions, or you can share whatever is on your mind. When it’s your turn to speak, whatever is in your heart and mind is always welcome in an Empathy Circle. Suggested topics we can explore together will include: our common humanity; altruistic motivation; creating community; collective action for the common good.
Join any session—or all four!
About the Empathy Circles:
The Empathy Circle provides a structured dialogue process where each person feels fully heard; fostering mutual understanding and connection. The Empathy Circle practice not only hones empathy but also helps to develop a range of valuable skills, such as communication and conflict management skills; making it a powerful tool for personal growth, conflict resolution, and meaningful dialogue.
The four core values of the Empathy Circle are empathy, mutuality, openness and caring. Sharing our experiences and practicing listening together can help us feel connected to others in a meaningful and supportive way.
These online Empathy Circles are for people of all ages and backgrounds, who are looking for practical tools to create positive transformation in their homes, individual lives, relationships, community, or workplace.
Sessions Schedule:
Sundays, Nov 24, Dec 1, 8, & 15, 1–2:30pm EST– You can join on any session!
There will be no recordings made.
For more information on how to join and to access support materials, please visit the Shantideva Center website
Who are these sessions for?
These Online Empathy Circles are for people of all ages, backgrounds and ideas, who are looking for practical tools to create positive transformation in their homes, individual lives, relationships, community, or workplace.
About the facilitator:
Janna is an acupuncturist and herbalist, and teaches mind science in New York City. She holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in Biological Sciences—Botany (ethnobotany). Janna is also a human rights activist, for peace, for Tibet, for the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities, and for the real rights of children and families. Janna began studying Tibetan Buddhism in 2005. She is an accredited 16 Guidelines Level 1 & 2 and Unlocking Your Potential Facilitator, and an Empathy Circle Facilitator.
