Empathy for Change on Clubhouse

Description

Empathy for Change is for people who are fed up with the status quo, and hope to create a better future and drive impact, especially for those who may not have a voice or power.

Although we’re wired as humans to connect, we haven’t been socialized or trained to cultivate empathy. For a long time, it has been generally accepted that some of us are inherently more empathetic than others, but new scientific and neurological research argues we can train our brains to be more empathetic. Others observe empathy is also a choice. But one thing is for certain: whether empathy is a skill to be acquired or a choice to be made, our future depends on our ability to harness it within ourselves and change for the better.

This club will help you bloom into a more team-oriented, understanding, and people-focused style of leadership so that you can help co-create cultures and systems of empathy with others. It will help answer these questions:
Why should we care about empathy? How do you cultivate it?
How can we decipher what other people need?
Why do we need empathy now more than ever?
How can we maintain empathy when the world seems to be moving in the opposite direction each day?
Trust the intent, own the impact: This is a safe space where we both assume positivity, but also own the impact our words and actions have on others. Live by the Vegas Rule: what’s shared here, stays here.
Speak from your Experience: We’re here to tell our personal stories or share lessons learned. Talk about the topic, not the person. Move up, move back: make space for others or yourself.
Bring an open heart and curious mind to all our interactions: Two truths can exist in the same space at the same time. Lean into discomfort. Practice self care.