Conversations in Compassion

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Welcome to "Conversations in Compassion". This is not an interview, but an attempt to demonstrate conversations that are rooted in compassion and empathy. We will focus in on some of the most important issues of our time. Each conversation will be fresh and will focus on the individual and how to bring their story to life. My hope is that through these conversations, we can help resolve the discord in our families, in ourselves, and in our communities; and focus on the most important need of our time, the need for compassion.

Stephen Andrew


    • Apr 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Conversations in Compassion

    Finding Your Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 31:32


    Leaning into finding as much help as possible when confronted with the duality between the history of your trauma history with the desire to disassociate and the wish to connect even deeper with people, children, and partners.

    Listening for the Agency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 36:14


    Our own disease or distress can have meaning and be a kind of medicine that can help us better understand ourselves and what we have gone through.

    The Power of Unpredictability

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 31:55


    We all lose when someone has to spend all of their time, energy, and personal resources on coping with scarcity.

    Radical Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 33:54


    Feeling the incredible hopelessness of doing all the right things and knowing that it's not enough; that you need to find the courage and strength within yourself to take the journey of healing.

    I Have A Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 27:17


    As you listen to this, take a breath and let it into your soul. A woman who is articulate and clear about her vision of a community where it holds individuals' struggles. Listen to the dream.

    The Pursuit of Loneliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 39:02


    How do we move out of our isolation and loneliness to welcome vulnerability and being in relationship with others?

    The Power of the Circle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 29:47


    From the dining room table to a support group to an AA meeting, sitting and saying hello and goodbye to each other to bring comfort, growth, and ‘magic moments' to our lives.

    A Shared Passion for Smo-briety

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 31:56


    A shared passion to be together mindfully, just feeling vulnerable in a world with others, all while the other part of us that wants to isolate and is vulnerable to any kind of substance use, nicotine, tobacco, and the way in which companies feed off of that vulnerability.

    Just Like Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 29:55


    An exploration of heart-centered therapy and how to hold people with great integrity while also caring for yourself.

    The Revolution of Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 32:35


    Exploring the duality of when you see the pain and suffering of another, you will either lean towards love, compassion, and understanding or you will lean towards fear and you will not want to see it anymore. We are in a community at a time when we are right in the middle of that question. I hope we resolve it towards love.

    Service With a Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 32:08


    There are times I am touched by the power of love, the power of connectedness, of seeing underneath. I invite you to listen to Dani, as she has gone through the experience of loving so deeply and so well that she lost herself and is now recalibrating how to be present and still hold onto her own heart, her own self.

    Finding Our North Star: The Path of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 31:03


    Start by taking 15 minutes a day and just listen deeply to another human being.

    Learning the Craft

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 31:19


    Am I being helpful? Am I helping the people I serve to move forward in their lives in a way which is meaningful to them?

    There is Always Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 38:38


    Following the Path

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 30:49


    From condo to camper to backpack; one woman's path.

    Seeing Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 29:58


    If we don't invest in communities, especially in impoverished areas, to help people thrive, and not just survive, we won't see much change.

    Building Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 34:09


    Building places where women can take the next right step and walk a path in community with others.

    Leaning Into Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 32:35


    In the face of tragedy, letting go of the need to control and surrendering to faith, to the courage to trust yourself and your community.

    Wanting to Forgive, A Recovery Ally

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 32:36


    Giving a voice to the people who are also in recovery alongside their family members and the people they love.

    Abortion as a Mother's Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 35:31


    A woman and mother sits with the issue of women's reproductive health care in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

    As We Are, and Reaching for the Core

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 34:25


    Stephen checks in with his goddaughter, a now 32-year-old woman, on her journey.

    Talking to Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 82:14


    A change of pace for this one. Stephen is a guest of Glenn Hinds & Sebastian Kaplan on their podcast "Talking to Change". You can hear more from them here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-to-change-a-motivational-interviewing-podcast/id1395518686.

    Say Goodbye and Thank You Kari

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 36:40


    A tribute to Kari Morissette, and the path forward.

    The Violence of Betrayal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 28:42


    A break in or even an absence of empathy and how much work it takes to recover.

    Walking the Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 31:56


    When grief internalizes all of the rage and anger that you grew up with and you find your own way to Spring, to quieting those personal demons and becoming who you were meant to be.

    The Courage to See Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 43:11


    Don't see me as a victim in this life. See me as a human, who needs love.

    Please Listen for the Whisper

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 29:40


    When the cost of maintaining the facade finally becomes too overwhelming and it all comes crashing down, the whisper of our true inner self can guide us back to our authentic self.

    Stitching Things Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 29:02


    Substance misuse being seen and treated as a health care and mental health issue, not a criminal justice issue. More treatment centers and less incarceration.

    A Time of Reflection on Men and Fathers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 33:06


    A Fathers' Day conversation between two fathers who have invested much of their lives into shifting attitudes and actions to end male violence against self and others.

    I See You

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 39:21


    To catch a glimpse of someone in that moment when the real person shows through. The noise, their story fades away and the real, full human being is revealed.

    Listening from the Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 36:16


    Being listened to by another sincerely and compassionately can help us believe in ourselves, and in our better nature.

    Loving Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 41:42


    “If you have the chance to be compassionate with somebody or to do nothing at all, I hope that you choose compassion.”

    What If the Focus was on Love?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 42:11


    And not on the righteousness of telling them what “they” should be doing, or not doing. "They" probably don't have all of the right answers, but then neither do we, or anyone. Affording everyone the dignity of having agency over their own lives.

    Never Ever Give Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 36:45


    Rehabilitation and rejuvenation thanks to the grace of those who remained supportive even when it felt undeserved. Holding onto the light of compassion through years of disappointment.

    Radical Self-Love, Radical Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 19:14


    What if even in your worst moments, you could still love yourself and look upon your past behaviors not through the lens of shame, but accept that you were taking care of yourself in the best way that you could at the time? Could you expand and strengthen this practice by relating with others in your community not with judgment and shame but with compassion?

    Finding Your Focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 56:14


    In a very personal conversation, Stephen talks to his son about the challenges facing the generation coming of age today. The ability to focus on their own passions and creativity has been so exhausted by ceaseless stimulation and endless anonymous streams of ambiguous uncertainty that they often “fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way”.

    They Believed In Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 28:44


    Early trauma can cause fear to become our first thought because we are afraid of getting hurt again and may feel that we don’t matter. Can we find the compassion and courage to focus on the memories and voices of those who believed in us more than on our fear, and anger, and negative self-talk?

    Yearning for a Voice and Empathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 30:45


    A world-class athlete is struck down by injury due to an unknown genetic condition triggered early by the effects of childhood trauma. After a decade of missed diagnoses, abusive treatment, judgment, and self-doubt, she learns to harness her own tenacious determination to accept and have empathy for her body, herself, and others with struggles of their own.

    Turning Shame Into Gratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 40:46


    How do we handle the shame that seems to keep derailing our own personal journey toward wellness? Every time we take a positive step forward, or sometimes even when we just contemplate taking that step, shame arises and we often retreat into our learned avoidance behavior: isolation, overeating, substance misuse, distracting ourselves with work, shopping, or other activity. Can we learn to sit with that sense of shame, share it with others, listen as they share their own? In that shared experience we can shift our shame to gratitude and allow ourselves to move toward wellness and embrace others on their journey.

    Please Unmute Yourself, We Want to Hear Your Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 48:50


    The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the inequities experienced by many in our community. Access to the great equalizer that is public education is no longer a matter of heading down to the local school in the morning, but of technology and resources that are not always readily available to all. Even when access can be arranged, the lack of relationships fostered in the local school community can lead vulnerable students to remain silent and invisible.

    Connection is the Antidote

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 39:53


    The stories in our own head around shame can become so unbearable that it leads to avoidance; of family, of friends, of our own better self through addiction. Someone who can quietly listen to that story with empathy can allow us a path back. Exposing our vulnerable self to others and letting them do the same with us can be the hardest, but most valuable service we can perform.

    Seeing Through the Cracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 32:33


    Trauma, anxiety, shame. Sitting with ourselves when we couldn't imagine anyone wanting to. Sitting with someone who is in the midst of that struggle.

    Broken Open

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 40:56


    A brilliant young woman talks about the process of opening up to her own emotion life. Coming to terms with her childhood traumas, issues with alcohol, and motherhood lead her to examine her way of living and to consider breaking open to her long buried emotions.

    Re-Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 35:10


    Stephen talks with an old friend, Rodney Mashia. A Black man who grew up in the rural South in the fifties and sixties, Rodney reflects on his journey and his renewed desire to share his voice and his story.

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