Podcast appearances and mentions of edwin rutsch

For over a decade, Edwin Rutsch has hitchhiked, bicycled, traveled and worked his way around our precious planet. He interacted with a wide variety of cultures and peoples from all walks of life and learned to see and feel a common humanity shared by people around the world. During his explorations he came to see the importance of empathy in human connections.He is a computer expert, a filmmaker, and the founding director of The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. This center serves as one of the leading organizations of the global empathy movement and focuses on bridging social and political divides by designing a free online empathy training course and holding face to face and virtual empathy cafés.Tags: Edwin Rutsch, Helen Riess, empathy, Carl Rogers, eye contact, active listening, empathic listening, curiosity, Empathy Cafes, Empathy Tent, Empathy Circles, empathy boot camp, peace, nonviolence, conflict, collaboration, Barbara Fredrickson, positive emotions, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality, Self Help

Welcome to “Empathy is Needed When Things Get Heated”, Episode #131 of Co-creating Peace, a podcast series about conscious communication and conflict transformation.  I have a great story to share with you, told by the three men who lived it, about how an unattended fire that could have been a catastrophe at multiple levels, instead became a powerful wisdom opportunity and a relationship-strengthening experience. Highlights you won't want to miss:how – with the right perspective and approach – a stronger, deeper relationship can literally emerge from a fire like a phoenix reborn;a powerful way to rebuild trust;the ways in which a relationship can be strengthened when we go through a difficult experience together;how empathy and acknowledgement can heal the one who gives them as well as the one who receives them.Joining me to tell you this story are the 3 men who were involved in the incident, Edwin Rutsch, Zak Wear, and Daniel Hirtz.Zak Wear and Daniel Hirtz are active members of the Empathy Movement who were at the Empathy Center for the Empathy Facilitator training. You may remember Edwin Rutsch from Episode #103, when he shared some truly inspiring information about the Empathy Movement with us. Edwin's the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The center's website, cultureofempathy.com, is a comprehensive portal for empathy-related material.There's an in-person Empathy Circle Facilitator Training happening at the Empathy Center in Santa Barbara CA Jan. 27-28, 2024, and online trainings every couple of months. To learn more about the Empathy Circle Facilitator Training and to register go to: www.bestempathytraining.comSee the Empathy Summits schedule and register at: www.empathysummit.com. The next one is a multi-Saturday one beginning January 6th. Learn about the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy at cultureofempathy.com. Online empathy circles happen every week. Visit www.empathycircle.com/schedule to find the best one for you.The next episode of Co-creating Peace airs the weekend of January 13, 2024.Tuesday, Jan. 16th, my flagship 34-hour professional development course “Facilitating with Finesse in Today's World”  begins, hosted live online by University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management.Are you looking for new skills to support your success as a leader and increase your potential to reach new heights in your career? Do you wish the meetings you lead or participate in could be more focused, efficient, collaborative, and productive? Are you eager to start the new year with new tools to help you manage group processes? Then this is the opportunity for you!Learn more about the “Facilitating with Finesse in Today's World”,  live online program by visiting my website Bridgesofpeace.cPlease support Co-creating Peace: Subscribe to Co-creating Peace on your favorite podcast provider Send me your ideas for topics and guests or be a guest to talk about your communication or conflict resolution challenges and receive free communication coaching Share on social media & tell the world about Co-creating Peace! Become a patron at www.patreon.com/CocreatingPeace Visit BridgesofPeace.com to learn more about Kathleen and her work.

Welcome to “Empathy: The First Step to Peace”, Episode #103 of Co-creating Peace, a series about conscious communication and conflict transformation. All around us we hear about the many divides we are experiencing as a nation, and as a specie. Solutions to the issues that divide us are complex, will take time to discover and then act upon, and the division surrounding them only delays discovery of the solutions.The good news is that the actual divides themselves, the ragged, wounded chasms of human discord are easier to heal than you might imagine – not necessarily easy, but easier than you might imagine. Healing begins when we stop the “think like me or I will hate and destroy you” approach, and instead, mindfully create a safe space in which to deeply hear one another, and to approach those conversations with openness, curiosity, and the desire to understand. In other words, seeking to give and receive empathy - something we all long for, yet rarely experience. From mutual empathy bridges of peace are built, and a myriad of possibilities are born.We've talked about the power of dialogue in many past episodes of this podcast, including episodes #86, #89, #93, #94 #95 and #96. Joining me is Edwin Rutsch, to talk about the nature of empathy, and ways we can evoke & experience empathy with others through Empathy Circles.Highlights of our conversation include:A definition of empathyEmpathy through deep listeningThe impact of mutual listening & mutual empathyBringing empathy circles into school curriculumEdwin Rutsch is founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The center's website, CultureOfEmpathy.com, is the internet's most comprehensive portal for empathy-related material. It hosts many empathy building projects and trainings.  To learn more about the Empathy Circle Facilitation Training and register go to: https://www.bestempathytraining.com New cohort starts January 21st! Registration is only $30! Extended deadline for this audience: Sat. Jan. 21stTo visit the Empathy Circle Website: http://www.empathycircle.comPlease support Co-creating Peace:Subscribe to Co-creating Peace on your favorite podcast providerSend me your ideas for topics & guests or be a guest to talk about your communication or conflict resolution challenges & receive free communication coaching.Share on social media & tell the world about Co-creating Peace! Become a patron at www.patreon.com/CocreatingPeaceContact Kathleen Oweegon at: oweegon@bridgesofpeace.com to share your ideas and feedback for this show. You can receive a free 30-minute communication coaching session by being a guest on Co-creating Peace to talk about your communication challenges and receive Kathleen's suggestions on the air. Visit BridgesofPeace.com to learn more about Kathleen and her work.

How often do you challenge your assumptions about others and get curious - especially about those in your workplace or your family who have different views than you, political or otherwise? In our increasingly polarized society, my guest today, Mónica Guzmán, believes that we can't count on institutions to bridge those divides for us - we have to do it one conversation, one person, at a time.  Today, we discussed how she got involved in the work of helping people understand each other better and what role her journalism career played in that mission. We dived into how to bring emotion back into conversations rather than trying to win arguments with data, and a magic question you can ask people who disagree with you to better understand them. We talked about how to have more curious conversations and how to navigate roadblocks. Some great tips for those of you going into election season or tense family dinners over the holidays!Key Takeaways:You can't have a negotiation if there is no talking. We are judging more while talking less and that only leads further to divide, and not to empathy and understanding.The level we think change doesn't matter, one-on-one conversations, is where change happens the most.You often believe that the people that you love and care about who disagree with you are not the majority but an exception to the rule. However, if you talk with others who disagree with you, you will find out that they are not the exception, but the rule"If we don't engage across disagreement, we risk not seeing variables that are really important to other people, and make for a far more honest accounting of everything that's at play when people make decisions." —  Mónica GuzmánAbout Mónica Guzmán, Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels:Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and entrepreneur who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. She's the director of digital and storytelling at Braver Angels, the nation's largest cross-partisan grassroots organization working to depolarize America; host of live interview series at Crosscut; and cofounder of the award-winning Seattle newsletter The Evergrey. Monica's new book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times has been praised by the media, readers and influencers alike. She was a 2019 fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, where she studied social and political division, and a 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, where she researched how journalists can rethink their roles to better meet the needs of a participatory public. She was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle, served twice as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes, and plays a barbarian named Shadrack in her besties' Dungeons & Dragons campaign. A Mexican immigrant, Latina, and dual US/Mexico citizen, she lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents.Resources  Mentioned:The Empathy Edge: Interview with Edwin Rutsch, How Empathy Circles Can Change the WorldCenter for Building a Culture of Empathyhttp://cultureofempathy.com Empathy Circle Websitehttp://www.empathycircle.com Check out Edwin and an Empathy Circle in action in the documentary Trumphobia: What Both Sides Fear: trumphobiamovie.com/watchConnect with Mónica Guzmán:Braver Angels Website: https://braverangels.org/Monica's Website and info about her book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times: https://reclaimcuriosity.comWebsite: https://moniguzman.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/moniguzmanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniguzman/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reclaimcuriosityInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniguzman/  Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

How often do you challenge your assumptions about others and get curious - especially about those in your workplace or your family who have different views than you, political or otherwise? In our increasingly polarized society, my guest today, Mónica Guzmán, believes that we can't count on institutions to bridge those divides for us - we have to do it one conversation, one person, at a time.  Today, we discussed how she got involved in the work of helping people understand each other better and what role her journalism career played in that mission. We dived into how to bring emotion back into conversations rather than trying to win arguments with data, and a magic question you can ask people who disagree with you to better understand them. We talked about how to have more curious conversations and how to navigate roadblocks. Some great tips for those of you going into election season or tense family dinners over the holidays!Key Takeaways:You can't have a negotiation if there is no talking. We are judging more while talking less and that only leads further to divide, and not to empathy and understanding.The level we think change doesn't matter, one-on-one conversations, is where change happens the most.You often believe that the people that you love and care about who disagree with you are not the majority but an exception to the rule. However, if you talk with others who disagree with you, you will find out that they are not the exception, but the rule"If we don't engage across disagreement, we risk not seeing variables that are really important to other people, and make for a far more honest accounting of everything that's at play when people make decisions." —  Mónica GuzmánAbout Mónica Guzmán, Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels:Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and entrepreneur who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. She's the director of digital and storytelling at Braver Angels, the nation's largest cross-partisan grassroots organization working to depolarize America; host of live interview series at Crosscut; and cofounder of the award-winning Seattle newsletter The Evergrey. Monica's new book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times has been praised by the media, readers and influencers alike. She was a 2019 fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, where she studied social and political division, and a 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, where she researched how journalists can rethink their roles to better meet the needs of a participatory public. She was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle, served twice as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes, and plays a barbarian named Shadrack in her besties' Dungeons & Dragons campaign. A Mexican immigrant, Latina, and dual US/Mexico citizen, she lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents.Resources  Mentioned:The Empathy Edge: Interview with Edwin Rutsch, How Empathy Circles Can Change the WorldCenter for Building a Culture of Empathyhttp://cultureofempathy.com Empathy Circle Websitehttp://www.empathycircle.com Check out Edwin and an Empathy Circle in action in the documentary Trumphobia: What Both Sides Fear: trumphobiamovie.com/watchConnect with Mónica Guzmán:Braver Angels Website: https://braverangels.org/Monica's Website and info about her book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times: https://reclaimcuriosity.comWebsite: https://moniguzman.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/moniguzmanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniguzman/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reclaimcuriosityInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniguzman/  Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

Minter Dialogue with Edwin Rutsch Edwin Rutsch is founder of the Culture of Empathy and has spent the last couple of decades spreading empathy, helping to bridge social and political divides. He has built an academic empathy training literature database (wiki), and has launched himself as a politician. In this conversation, we discuss his journey, his driving purpose, the value of empathy in life and politics, the Empathy Circle that he co-created with Lidewij Niezink, his Empathy Tent actions and much more.   If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter.

This is our first Live session of Season 6 with amazing guests reflecting on how we can have empathy for ourselves and those around us.   So great to have Steve Sostak and Edwin Rutsch on board discussing how solutions to global challenges start with us.  Looking at ways we can weave empathy into our lives especially when dealing with challenging conversations with people from polarising views.   Find out more about Steve Sostak: https://twitter.com/inspirecitizen1 Find out more about Edwin Rutsch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinrutsch/   Look forward to having you with us! We will be streaming on: Twitter: @naomi_toland (https://twitter.com/naomi_toland​​) Youtube: @Naomi Toland or #Empathetic_Educators​ Linkedin: Naomi Toland (https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-tol...) Find out more on our Free App: bit.ly/educatorsapp

In our world with so many diametrically opposed beliefs regarding politics, or policy, or religion, or anything else, is it possible to have too much empathy? Is it possible to connect with those who believe things that appear to be drastically different from our own beliefs? My guest today, Edwin Rutsch, and I talk about how the answer to what we need is, in fact, more empathy in the culture and more support for those practicing empathy. Edwin has created and rolled out a powerful framework for harnessing empathy and getting people from all walks of life to open up, talk, and truly listen to one another with Empathy Circles. Tune in to hear his great stories of putting up empathy tents at the most heated rallies and protests and what magically happened when he did. Key Takeaways:The Empathy Circle is to discuss whatever the group wants to discuss in a safe space.Empathy Circles are not about coming to an agreement about policies, they are about finding understanding and connection, even when we disagree.Empathy burnout comes from too little empathy and support in the system, not from too much empathy.  "Start to build empathy where you can in your environment - in your family, in your work, or in your school.” —  Edwin Rutsch About Edwin Rutsch: Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The center's website, CultureOfEmpathy.com, is the internet's most comprehensive portal for empathy-related material. It hosts many empathy-building projects including interviews with over 300 experts on the topic, trainings, and the Empathy Tent.  The Tent goes to public events and offers listening, facilitated dialogue, and conflict mediation.  Edwin is a world traveler, a “seeker,” a documentary filmmaker, and has worked in the computer technology field. His focus now is on developing an online Empathy Circle Facilitation Training Course and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). From his experience, the Empathy Circle process is the most effective gateway and first step practice for learning, practicing, and deepening empathic listening skills and mindset. The center is looking for collaborators to design and host the training. Connect with Edwin:  Center for Building a Culture of Empathyhttp://cultureofempathy.com Empathy Circle Websitehttp://www.empathycircle.com Check out Edwin and an Empathy Circle in action in the documentary Trumphobia: What Both Sides Fear: trumphobiamovie.com/watch Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

In our world with so many diametrically opposed beliefs regarding politics, or policy, or religion, or anything else, is it possible to have too much empathy? Is it possible to connect with those who believe things that appear to be drastically different from our own beliefs? My guest today, Edwin Rutsch, and I talk about how the answer to what we need is, in fact, more empathy in the culture and more support for those practicing empathy. Edwin has created and rolled out a powerful framework for harnessing empathy and getting people from all walks of life to open up, talk, and truly listen to one another with Empathy Circles. Tune in to hear his great stories of putting up empathy tents at the most heated rallies and protests and what magically happened when he did. Key Takeaways:The Empathy Circle is to discuss whatever the group wants to discuss in a safe space.Empathy Circles are not about coming to an agreement about policies, they are about finding understanding and connection, even when we disagree.Empathy burnout comes from too little empathy and support in the system, not from too much empathy.  "Start to build empathy where you can in your environment - in your family, in your work, or in your school.” —  Edwin Rutsch About Edwin Rutsch: Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The center's website, CultureOfEmpathy.com, is the internet's most comprehensive portal for empathy-related material. It hosts many empathy-building projects including interviews with over 300 experts on the topic, trainings, and the Empathy Tent.  The Tent goes to public events and offers listening, facilitated dialogue, and conflict mediation.  Edwin is a world traveler, a “seeker,” a documentary filmmaker, and has worked in the computer technology field. His focus now is on developing an online Empathy Circle Facilitation Training Course and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). From his experience, the Empathy Circle process is the most effective gateway and first step practice for learning, practicing, and deepening empathic listening skills and mindset. The center is looking for collaborators to design and host the training. Connect with Edwin:  Center for Building a Culture of Empathyhttp://cultureofempathy.com Empathy Circle Websitehttp://www.empathycircle.com Check out Edwin and an Empathy Circle in action in the documentary Trumphobia: What Both Sides Fear: trumphobiamovie.com/watch Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

Minter Dialogue Episode #334Dr. Lidewij Niezink is an independent scholar and practitioner who focuses on the development of empathy theory and education. She dedicates her professional life to the integration of fundamental and applied research from science in psychology, philosophy, social neuroscience, arts, and anthropology, with practice-based experiential methods. In this delightful podcast with Lidewij, we discuss what is empathy, how and why it's useful in business and organisations, how to embed it, using the Empathy Intervision process. Lidewij provides a very sound and grounded approach that's really worth listening to. Please send me your questions as an audio file or text to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. And just a quick announcement that my new book "Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence" is now out as an audiobook as well as paperback and Kindle, available on Amazon or Audible.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

In these days of fake news, it is more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. We have entered, what Singh describes as, a post-–trust era. Here we shine a light on how we can be more mindful of the role we play, sometimes unwittingly, in condoning and promoting fakery and how we can become more alert to how vulnerable we are to falling prey to fakeness. Shiv Singh's books include: Social Media Marketing for Dummies (coauthor Stephanie Diamond) (For Dummies 2014), Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News in the Post-Trust Era (coauthor Rohini Luthra, Ph.D.)(Ideapress Publishing 2019).Tags: Shiv Singh, post-truth era, post-trust era, fact, fiction, Morton Deutsch, media silos, fake news, negative bias, Deb Roy, twitter, negative news, digital advertising, Edwin Rutsch, judgements, prejudices, newsguardtech.com, snopes.com, politifact.com, dog-whistling extremist points of view, artificial intelligence, AI, driverless cars, Media, Social Change, technology, personal transformation

In these days of fake news, it is more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. We have entered, what Singh describes as, a post-–trust era. Here we shine a light on how we can be more mindful of the role we play, sometimes unwittingly, in condoning and promoting fakery and how we can become more alert to how vulnerable we are to falling prey to fakeness. Shiv Singh's books include: Social Media Marketing for Dummies (coauthor Stephanie Diamond) (For Dummies 2014), Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News in the Post-Trust Era (coauthor Rohini Luthra, Ph.D.)(Ideapress Publishing 2019).Tags: Shiv Singh, post-truth era, post-trust era, fact, fiction, Morton Deutsch, media silos, fake news, negative bias, Deb Roy, twitter, negative news, digital advertising, Edwin Rutsch, judgements, prejudices, newsguardtech.com, snopes.com, politifact.com, dog-whistling extremist points of view, artificial intelligence, AI, driverless cars, Media, Social Change, technology, personal transformation

Edwin Rutsch is a computer expert, a filmmaker, and the founding director of The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. This center serves as one of the leading organizations of the global empathy movement and focuses on bridging social and political divides by designing a free online empathy training course and holding face to face and virtual empathy cafés.Tags: Edwin Rutsch, empathy, cultural divide, deep listening, self-empathy, empathic, empathetic, empathy circles, political divide, Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, Fox News, MSNBC, the 60s, personal freedom, Social Change/Politics, Peace/Non-Violence

For over a decade, Edwin Rutsch has hitchhiked, bicycled, traveled and worked his way around our precious planet. He interacted with a wide variety of cultures and peoples from all walks of life and learned to see and feel a common humanity shared by people around the world. During his explorations he came to see the importance of empathy in human connections.He is a computer expert, a filmmaker, and the founding director of The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. This center serves as one of the leading organizations of the global empathy movement and focuses on bridging social and political divides by designing a free online empathy training course and holding face to face and virtual empathy cafés.Tags: Edwin Rutsch, Helen Riess, empathy, Carl Rogers, eye contact, active listening, empathic listening, curiosity, Empathy Cafes, Empathy Tent, Empathy Circles, empathy boot camp, peace, nonviolence, conflict, collaboration, Barbara Fredrickson, positive emotions, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality, Self Help

For over a decade, Edwin Rutsch has hitchhiked, bicycled, traveled and worked his way around our precious planet. He interacted with a wide variety of cultures and peoples from all walks of life and learned to see and feel a common humanity shared by people around the world. During his explorations he came to see the importance of empathy in human connections.He is a computer expert, a filmmaker, and the founding director of The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. This center serves as one of the leading organizations of the global empathy movement and focuses on bridging social and political divides by designing a free online empathy training course and holding face to face and virtual empathy cafés.Tags: Edwin Rutsch, Helen Riess, empathy, Carl Rogers, eye contact, active listening, empathic listening, curiosity, Empathy Cafes, Empathy Tent, Empathy Circles, empathy boot camp, peace, nonviolence, conflict, collaboration, Barbara Fredrickson, positive emotions, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation, Relationship/Partnership/Sexuality, Self Help

Host Timothy Regan explored the nature of empathic dialogue and shares examples of where this is happening–from a first-of-its-kind event in Berkeley with political competitors to our own personal relationships. Edwin Rutsch of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy is a special guest for the first half-hour. The post Good News! Where Empathy is Happening Locally appeared first on KPFA.

What is it that separates empathy and action? For some, it’s easier to remain focused on ourselves than it is to clue in to what’s going on with the folks around us. For others, we’re worried that by empathizing with others, we might somehow weaken our own ideals and perspectives. Edwin Rutsch has made it his mission in life to help teach what empathy is, and more importantly how to embrace it. Because it’s when we realize that we don’t have to abandon who we are to be with someone else, that something truly powerful can happen.

Most people, when heard with empathy, want more of it. What if the value of empathy permeated our culture? This is the vision that guest, Edwin Rutsch, brings to us. Host Marlena Willis dialogues with him about his vision for how to create a world where the value of empathy permeates all our institutions. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and the International Empathy Trainers Association. The center's website, CultureOfEmpathy.com, is the internet's most comprehensive portal for empathy-related material, including interviews with over 300 experts on the topic. He is a world traveler, a “seeker,” a documentary filmmaker and has worked in the computer technology field. In his travels, he has interacted with a wide variety of cultures and peoples from all walks of life and learned to see and feel the common humanity of all people on the planet. The post Building a Culture of Empathy appeared first on KPFA.

In our third episode of the series Conflict and Empathy: Where Has Empathy and Compassion Gone? Edwin Rutsch, Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and I will discuss how do we foster empathy in a family?   Edwin will share some personal stories of how he has personally fostered empathy in his extended family and how he used Restorative Empathy Circles to heal family conflicts. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The CultureOfEmpathy.com is the largest website on the Internet focused on nurturing and fostering empathy. After spending 10 years as a seeker traveling, working and studying his way around the world, Edwin worked for many years in the computer technology field. After discovering the power of empathy, he has dedicated his life to raising the level of empathy in society and building a global culture of empathy. For More Information: Edwin Rutsch  

Benefits of Empathy (page still in development)http://j.mp/UUZ1RR http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Benefits/index.htmWes Bertrand and Edwin Rutsch explore the benefits of empathyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhonwQfAuwUEdwin's new empathy circles...https://www.facebook.com/events/452547791521372/Nonviolent Communication: A Language Of Life by Marshall Rosenberghttp://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neurondownload The Art Of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden on this page...http://happinesscounseling.com/happiness-resources/bumper music "Empathy" by Alanis Morissettehttp://www.alanis.com/

I was a guest on http://cultureofempathy.com with host Edwin Rutsch along with friends Katie of http://miplc.org/ and http://www.michiganmainstream.com/thelocalfocus.html and Tom of http://wearesole.com/ and http://www.meetup.com/Libertarian-Entrepreneurs-in-Los-Angeles/Panel 25: Libertarian: How might we transform domination cultures & systems into empathic cultures?http://cultureofempathy.com/Projects/Conference/Panels/025-A.htmRe-imagining Capitalism: Love and Compassion in Economicshttp://www.p-ced.com/1/node/38The Next Big Thing by Umair Haquehttp://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2012/05/the_next_big_thing.htmlhttp://hbr.org/product/the-new-capitalist-manifesto-building-a-disruptive/an/12794-HBK-ENGInsight: Iraq security forces outmatched as 'open war' returns by Suadad al-Salhyhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/30/us-iraq-security-jailbreak-insight-idUSBRE96T0X020130730Reserve or share the Kite™ Patch - a breakthrough mosquito-fighting technology designed to block mosquitoes' ability to track humans and spread disease.http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kite-patchhttp://adamvstheman.com/preliminary-hearing-dc-vs-kokesh/http://happinesscounseling.com/2010/08/bullshit-hit-piece-on-self-esteem-and-nathaniel-branden/http://www.nathanielbranden.com/discussions/self-esteem/for-the-record/bumper music "Compassion" by LOWBhttp://www.lowb.co.uk/http://www.amazon.com/Compassion/dp/B00CVCFRVC/

I was a guest on http://cultureofempathy.com with host Edwin Rutsch. Edwin has been seeking to build a culture of empathy, one that encompasses all human systems, starting with oneself and one's family.Wesley Bertrand and Edwin Rutsch: How to Build a Culture of Empathyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFkcZCB09h0Our conversation with other notes: http://j.mp/1366vQShttp://cultureofempathy.com/Projects/Empathy-Tent/index.htmhttp://cultureofempathy.com/Projects/Empathy-Movement/Restorative-Empathy-Circle/Index.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/user/EdwinRutsch/videosThe Six Pillars of Self-Esteemhttp://www.nathanielbranden.com/product-category/self-esteem/Breaking Free by Nathaniel Brandenhttp://books.google.com/books/about/Breaking_free.html?id=2U8dAQAAMAAJPunished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribeshttp://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htmUnconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohnhttp://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/Nonviolent Communication: A Language Of Life by Marshall Rosenberghttp://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Marshall-Rosenberg/dp/1892005034/http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/Restorative_justicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoluntaryismFundamentals of Voluntaryism (nod to Carl Watner)http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/Sudbury Valley School that fosters intrinsic motivationhttp://www.sudval.org/http://www.guywinch.com/the-book/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-squeaky-wheelHuman Centered Designhttp://dschool.stanford.edu/http://abc.go.com/watch/wife-swap/SH5539547/VDKA0_lgk9v6h5/avery-lamb--martinhttp://schoolsucksproject.com/208-whole-parents-with-dayna-martin/Dayna Martin: What is Radical Unschooling?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHyzS26N0YUnschooling: What is Deschooling? (Dayna Martin)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meP3a64MzYDayna Martin: Common Unschooling Questions Answeredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NheCjqDMMhttp://dirtywars.org/jeremy-scahillhttp://reason.com/reasontv/2013/06/13/jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars[154] Dirty Wars: Terror Begets Terror | Jeremy Scahill Breaks the Sethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_fq-20h5SwThe Stream : Uncovering America's 'dirty wars'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCRMDBk13PINVC teleconference - http://a-path-with-heart.net/level1/Dominic Barter's site - http://www.restorativecircles.org/Google Personal Growth Series The New Science of Mindsight by Dan Siegelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4Od7kqDT8bumper music "Empathy" by Jayswayshttp://jayswaysmusic.com/

In our final episode of the series Conflict and Empathy: Where Has Empathy and Compassion Gone? Keiko Krahnke from the University of  Colorado will join me and Edwin Rutsch, Center for Building a Culture of Empathy to discuss how do we foster empathy in a business, work and  beyond?   We will also look at the larger social systems andsee how we can build a truly global culture of empathy. Keiko Krahnke received her B.A. from Doshisha Women's College in Japan, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Colorado State University. She joined the faculty at Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado in1999 an associate professor  of management.  Keiko brings diverse knowledge and expertise to the classroom and to her research. Her academic background is in language teaching and applied linguistics, counseling, and human resource development.  Keiko serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The  CultureOfEmpathy.com is the largest website on the Internet focused on nurturing and fostering empathy.  After discovering the power of empathy, he has dedicated his life to raising the level of empathy in society and building a global culture of empathy.

In our third episode of the series Conflict and Empathy: Where Has Empathy and Compassion Gone? Edwin Rutsch, Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and I will discuss how do we foster empathy in a family?   Edwin will share some personal stories of how he has personally fostered empathy in his extended family and how he used Restorative Empathy Circles to heal family conflicts. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The CultureOfEmpathy.com is the largest website on the Internet focused on nurturing and fostering empathy. After spending 10 years as a seeker traveling, working and studying his way around the world, Edwin worked for many years in the computer technology field. After discovering the power of empathy, he has dedicated his life to raising the level of empathy in society and building a global culture of empathy. For More Information: Edwin Rutsch

In our second episode of the series Conflict and Empathy: Where Has Empathy and Compassion Gone?, Edwin Rutsch and I will discuss how do we build empathy and compassion? Edwin will discuss a number of strategies he has implemented at the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. One strategy has been the use of Empathy Circles using empathic reflective listening with individuals and groups. He will share real life examples and will model the skill. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The CultureOfEmpathy.com is the largest website on the Internet focused on nurturing and fostering empathy. After spending 10 years as a seeker traveling, working and studying his way around the world, Edwin worked for many years in the computer technology field. After discovering the power of empathy, he has dedicated his life to raising the level of empathy in society and building a global culture of empathy. For More Information: Edwin Rutsch

For many of us engaged in conflict or embroiled in a dispute, it can be very difficult to muster up empathy and compassion for the other side. The longer the conflict goes unresolved it seems the less empathy we have for them as a human being. In this first of our four episode series--Conflict and Empathy: Where Has Empathy and Compassion Gone?-- we will introduce the “wheel of empathy” and the “feel of empathy” as defined by Edwin Rutsch, Founder of a global empathy movement called The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. We will also discuss how compassion intertwines with empathy and set the foundation for how you build empathy. Edwin Rutsch is the founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. The CultureOfEmpathy.com is the largest website on the Internet focused on nurturing and fostering empathy. After spending 10 years as a seeker traveling, working and studying his way around the world, Edwin worked for many years in the computer technology field. After discovering the power of empathy, he has dedicated his life to raising the level of empathy in society and building a global culture of empathy. For More Information: Edwin Rutsch