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SUMMARY:Empathy Circles in Hebrew facilitated by Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi
DESCRIPTION:Empathy Circles in Hebrew\nFree online sessions led by FDCW facilitators Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi open to Hebrew speakers. \nJoin Zoom Here \nSessions Schedule:\n4 Saturdays from June 7 to June 28 – You can join any session \n16:00– 17:30 pm Jerusalem / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm BST / 9:00 am – 10:30 am ET\nPlease check your time zone here. \nSharing our experiences and practicing together can help us feel connected to others in a meaningful and supportive way. Drop-ins welcome! \nJoin Zoom Here \n**You can access  the below info in Hebrew in this Facebook post \nWho are these sessions for?\nThese 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. \nAbout the Empathy Circles\nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing and deepening listening and empathy skills\, as well as\, nurturing an empathic way of being. \nThe 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 fosters a range of valuable skills\, such as communication and conflict management skills\, making it a powerful tool for personal growth\, conflict resolutions and meaningful dialogue. \nThe four core values of the Empathy Circle are empathy\, mutuality\, openness and caring. \nThese Empathy Circles explore turning the heart and mind from our familiar\, unsatisfying self-centered attitude\, to “others before self\,” and collective action for the common good. Gratitude\, empathy\, compassion\, altruism\, and an appreciation of our common humanity are all essential for cultivating genuine happiness and are beneficial for social action and harmony. \nJanna will provide short excerpts\, quotes or video\, and suggested topic questions\, or you can share whatever is on your mind. \nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing deep listening and empathy skills\, as well as nurturing an empathic way of being. \nIf you want to know more about the Empathy Circles\, please check  the June 2023 Summit\, and Empathy Circles with CTM/16G at the Nov 2024 Empathy Summit\, as well as other circles that Janna and others have led. \nPosted here with transcript\, and here on Janna’s YouTube \nAbout the facilitators:\nJanna 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. \nTamar graduated from Haifa University with a degree in Psychology and Educational Counseling. She studied mindfulness at the Broshim Campus for Complementary Medicine\, and completed a meditation and mindfulness teacher training at the Wingate Academy School for Complementary Medicine. \nTamar is an accredited facilitator for 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life with Dreamer’s Home and the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom. Tamar facilitates meditation and mindfulness and 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life in schools and colleges in Israel. \nSupporting Janna and the Empathy Circles: please\, consider supporting Janna so that she can continue to offer these transformative sessions by making a donation scanning the QR code below or by making a donation on the dedicated page  https://tinyurl.com/nhcxcrcw \nJoin Zoom Here
URL:https://compassionandwisdom.org/event/empathy-circles-in-hebrew-facilitated-by-janna-weiss-and-tamar-tishbi/2025-06-07/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:16 Guidelines
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SUMMARY:Enhancing Positive Qualities (Online) | Craig Mackie
DESCRIPTION:Objective\nEmbrace your helpful traits\, embody new qualities\, and let go of what separates you from your highest potential. Disrupt limiting patterns\, awaken hidden strengths\, and connect with your inner greatness. \n  \nCourse Highlights\n\nDraws on the wisdom of the 16 Guidelines and Transformative Mindfulness Methods (aligned with FDCW – Universal Education).\nIdeal for those with a mindfulness practice seeking a moral transformative framework for self-healing.\n\n  \n3-Session Breakdown\n1. Role Model – Grounding and Connecting \n\nConnect with role models to awaken your greatest potential.\nDiscover inherent good qualities within yourself.\n\n2. Past Self Practice – Grounding and Discovering \n\nEnhance and integrate your already skilful self into new situations.\n\n3. Positive Part – Bringing It Forward \n\nEmbrace discomfort\, focus on thriving qualities\, and discover inner refuge.\nExplore somatic grounding\, visualisation techniques\, and integration practices.\n\n  \nKey Learnings\n\nSomatic grounding for safe\, kind body connection.\nCreative visualisation techniques.\nPractices for asking for help\, letting go\, and creating new pathways.\nSteps for integration\, forgiveness\, and magnifying transformative benefits.\n\n  \nSchedule\nWorkshop Series: 3-Part Online Workshop via Zoom.Mondays: June 9\, 16\, 23 | 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (ET)\, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm (BST).Sessions recorded for missed classes and deepening practices. \n  \nRates\nSubsidised: $0-$100 \nStandard: $200 \nInsured: $300 (Receipts for psychotherapy/psychological services available for Ontario residents). \n  \nRegistration\nTo register or for more info\, please contact Craig Mackie at craig@essentialchange.net. \nFor more information\, please visit essentialchange.net. \nPreparation\nIn preparation for the course\, we encourage you to familiarise yourself with the 16 Guidelines\, you’ll find many engaging resources available on our website. \nFacilitator\n Craig Mackie\n\n\n\nCraig has been practising mindfulness since 1998 as a national team biathlete and since 2004 as a formal contemplative practice. Certified as a Mindfulness for Symptom Management (M4) instructor\, Transformative Mindfulness instructor and international 16 Guidelines Trainer\, he has worked in the field of mental health\, wilderness therapy\, addictions\, homelessness\, experiential education and therapeutic recreation. Craig is an accredited Level 1\, 2 and 3 training facilitator and delivers workshops in English.
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circles in Hebrew facilitated by Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi
DESCRIPTION:Empathy Circles in Hebrew\nFree online sessions led by FDCW facilitators Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi open to Hebrew speakers. \nJoin Zoom Here \nSessions Schedule:\n4 Saturdays from June 7 to June 28 – You can join any session \n16:00– 17:30 pm Jerusalem / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm BST / 9:00 am – 10:30 am ET\nPlease check your time zone here. \nSharing our experiences and practicing together can help us feel connected to others in a meaningful and supportive way. Drop-ins welcome! \nJoin Zoom Here \n**You can access  the below info in Hebrew in this Facebook post \nWho are these sessions for?\nThese 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. \nAbout the Empathy Circles\nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing and deepening listening and empathy skills\, as well as\, nurturing an empathic way of being. \nThe 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 fosters a range of valuable skills\, such as communication and conflict management skills\, making it a powerful tool for personal growth\, conflict resolutions and meaningful dialogue. \nThe four core values of the Empathy Circle are empathy\, mutuality\, openness and caring. \nThese Empathy Circles explore turning the heart and mind from our familiar\, unsatisfying self-centered attitude\, to “others before self\,” and collective action for the common good. Gratitude\, empathy\, compassion\, altruism\, and an appreciation of our common humanity are all essential for cultivating genuine happiness and are beneficial for social action and harmony. \nJanna will provide short excerpts\, quotes or video\, and suggested topic questions\, or you can share whatever is on your mind. \nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing deep listening and empathy skills\, as well as nurturing an empathic way of being. \nIf you want to know more about the Empathy Circles\, please check  the June 2023 Summit\, and Empathy Circles with CTM/16G at the Nov 2024 Empathy Summit\, as well as other circles that Janna and others have led. \nPosted here with transcript\, and here on Janna’s YouTube \nAbout the facilitators:\nJanna 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. \nTamar graduated from Haifa University with a degree in Psychology and Educational Counseling. She studied mindfulness at the Broshim Campus for Complementary Medicine\, and completed a meditation and mindfulness teacher training at the Wingate Academy School for Complementary Medicine. \nTamar is an accredited facilitator for 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life with Dreamer’s Home and the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom. Tamar facilitates meditation and mindfulness and 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life in schools and colleges in Israel. \nSupporting Janna and the Empathy Circles: please\, consider supporting Janna so that she can continue to offer these transformative sessions by making a donation scanning the QR code below or by making a donation on the dedicated page  https://tinyurl.com/nhcxcrcw \nJoin Zoom Here
URL:https://compassionandwisdom.org/event/empathy-circles-in-hebrew-facilitated-by-janna-weiss-and-tamar-tishbi/2025-06-14/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:16 Guidelines
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SUMMARY:Empathy Circles in Hebrew facilitated by Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi
DESCRIPTION:Empathy Circles in Hebrew\nFree online sessions led by FDCW facilitators Janna Weiss and Tamar Tishbi open to Hebrew speakers. \nJoin Zoom Here \nSessions Schedule:\n4 Saturdays from June 7 to June 28 – You can join any session \n16:00– 17:30 pm Jerusalem / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm BST / 9:00 am – 10:30 am ET\nPlease check your time zone here. \nSharing our experiences and practicing together can help us feel connected to others in a meaningful and supportive way. Drop-ins welcome! \nJoin Zoom Here \n**You can access  the below info in Hebrew in this Facebook post \nWho are these sessions for?\nThese 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. \nAbout the Empathy Circles\nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing and deepening listening and empathy skills\, as well as\, nurturing an empathic way of being. \nThe 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 fosters a range of valuable skills\, such as communication and conflict management skills\, making it a powerful tool for personal growth\, conflict resolutions and meaningful dialogue. \nThe four core values of the Empathy Circle are empathy\, mutuality\, openness and caring. \nThese Empathy Circles explore turning the heart and mind from our familiar\, unsatisfying self-centered attitude\, to “others before self\,” and collective action for the common good. Gratitude\, empathy\, compassion\, altruism\, and an appreciation of our common humanity are all essential for cultivating genuine happiness and are beneficial for social action and harmony. \nJanna will provide short excerpts\, quotes or video\, and suggested topic questions\, or you can share whatever is on your mind. \nThe Empathy Circle practice is the most effective gateway practice for learning\, practicing deep listening and empathy skills\, as well as nurturing an empathic way of being. \nIf you want to know more about the Empathy Circles\, please check  the June 2023 Summit\, and Empathy Circles with CTM/16G at the Nov 2024 Empathy Summit\, as well as other circles that Janna and others have led. \nPosted here with transcript\, and here on Janna’s YouTube \nAbout the facilitators:\nJanna 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. \nTamar graduated from Haifa University with a degree in Psychology and Educational Counseling. She studied mindfulness at the Broshim Campus for Complementary Medicine\, and completed a meditation and mindfulness teacher training at the Wingate Academy School for Complementary Medicine. \nTamar is an accredited facilitator for 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life with Dreamer’s Home and the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom. Tamar facilitates meditation and mindfulness and 16 Guidelines for a Meaningful Life in schools and colleges in Israel. \nSupporting Janna and the Empathy Circles: please\, consider supporting Janna so that she can continue to offer these transformative sessions by making a donation scanning the QR code below or by making a donation on the dedicated page  https://tinyurl.com/nhcxcrcw \nJoin Zoom Here
URL:https://compassionandwisdom.org/event/empathy-circles-in-hebrew-facilitated-by-janna-weiss-and-tamar-tishbi/2025-06-21/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:16 Guidelines
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ORGANIZER;CN="Janna Weiss":MAILTO:thangkha123@gmail.com
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