Embodying Empathy | News, Inspiration and Resources from Gina Cenciose, CNVC trainer, coach and mentor
Beannacht (“Blessing”) by John O’Donohue
Beannacht (“Blessing”) On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green, and azure blue come to awaken in [...]
The Transformation of self and society with Nonviolent Consciousness and Empathy
The Transformation of self and society with Nonviolent Consciousness and Empathy Gina Cenciose The paradigm (or framework in which we place our understanding of reality) we’re currently living in makes assumptions, that most of us consciously and unconsciously live from. Some of these are beliefs in scarcity and lack, that someone needs to lose for [...]
Videos on Restorative Circles
Here are some good videos on Restorative Circles. Click here to view.
Links about Empathy
HI, here are some links about EMPATHY for your interest: Here is Marie Miyashiro EMPATHY FACTOR (empathy for workplaces) that we had presenting in Montreal last month. Her book is worth reading, here is a free view of it: AND HERE IS A 45 minute VIDEO OF MARIE PRESENTING THIS WORK ON YOUTUBE: HERE ARE [...]
The Guest House
The Guest House ~ Rumi This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, [...]
Short Quotes
Every Story takes you away from Who You Are! (Byron Katie) Freedom is Living from Fullness Rather than Want (Adyashanti)
When Things Fall Apart
PEMA CHODRON’S “WHEN THINGS FALL APART” When we talk of compassion, we usually mean working with those less fortunate than ourselves. Because we have better opportunities, a good education, and good health, we should be compassionate toward those poor people who don’t have any of that. However, in working with the teachings on how [...]
Fear of Transformation
Fear of Transformation From The Essene Book of Days by Danaan Parry Sometimes I feel that my life is a series of trapeze swings. I’m either hanging on to a trapeze bar swinging along or, for a few moments in my life, I’m hurtling across space in between trapeze bars. Most of the [...]
A Thank You from the Mayan Spirit in Me
A THANK YOU FROM THE MAYAN SPIRIT IN ME Yesterday and the day before, when I came walking, I looked through the trees and thought I saw the glimmering and shimmering of stars that had fallen from the sky, but it was your eyes welcoming me to your hut. When I first saw your [...]
A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer
A Hidden Wholeness – Parker Palmer A circle of trust, its singular purpose is to support the inner journey of each person in the group, to make each soul feel safe enough to show up and speak its truth, to help each person listen to his or her inner teacher. In a circle of trust [...]
