MARY GORDON was interviewed by JUDITH NELSON at the Spirit of Humanity Forum in Iceland in 2019. In this excerpt, she shares her worldview on the importance of empathy in human relationships and how it forms the foundation for the program she runs in schools on developing empathy in schoolchildren, called Roots of Empathy. Q: Thanks for joining me, Mary. Can I ask you about empathy, as your work is especially with empathy? MG: Well, my understanding of empathy is the ability to feel with the other person, not just to understand......
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Between stimulus and response
In this excerpt from an interview done in August 2016, DR. JAMES DOTY speaks to JOHN MALKIN about the science of meditation, the evolutionary advantage of compassion, aspects of human behavior that relate to compassion and collective...
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Creating communities for health – part 2
In Part 2 of this exclusive interview, BARBARA BUSH speaks with MAMATA VENKAT about how to nurture mental well-being during the current pandemic, gratitude practices, the styles of leadership needed in today’s world, authenticity,...
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Creating communities for health – part 1
BARBARA BUSH speaks with MAMATA VENKAT about Global Health Corps, working in teams with other passionate young talented people who want to make a difference in the health of their communities, and finding ways...
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Service, simplicity & songwriting – part 2
With an Ivy League education, this MTV rap/hip hop star was living the American dream and working on Wall Street when the events of 9/11 unfolded in front of his eyes. Giving up the...
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Service, simplicity & songwriting – part 1
With an Ivy league education, this MTV rap/hip hop star was living the American dream and working on Wall Street when the events of 9/11 unfolded in front of his eyes. Giving up the...
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