Beyond Us and Them: Reclaiming our Evolutionary Potential Through Compassion Training with Tara Brach, Paul Gilbert and Rick Hanson
In this conversation with two very wise beings – the teacher Tara Brach and the scholar Paul Gilbert – we will explore both our very human vulnerabilities to divisiveness, callousness, and cruelty . . . and our capacities for empathy and compassion. In particular, we will explore the moral intelligence in compassion and the courage it can bring to relieve suffering. We’ll include practical ways to release the tendency toward “bad-othering,” to recognize suffering in those we oppose, and to stay grounded in the heart while dealing with conflicts. There will be some experiential practice, and opportunities to raise questions.
Meet Our Speakers
Paul Gilbert, PhD, OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby. He was Consultant Clinical Psychologist at NHS for over 40 years. He is the founder of Compassion focused Therapy and Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has written/edited 23 books and over 300 papers and book chapters. In 2006 he established the Compassionate Mind Foundation as an international charity with the mission statement: To promote wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion (www.compassionatemind.co.uk). He was awarded an OBE by the Queen in March 2011 for services to mental health. He established and is the Director of the Centre for Compassion Research and Training at Derby University UK.
Tara Brach, Ph.D. is a spiritual teacher, psychologist and author of several books including international bestselling Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. Her teaching blends Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a dedication to creating a more just, equitable and loving world. Tara is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and, together with Jack Kornfield, has co-founded Banyan and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program, which serves participants from 74 countries around the world.
Chair – Rick Hanson, PhD is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 33 languages, and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. He’s the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well Podcast – which has been downloaded over 25 million times. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.
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Compassion Café: Morning UK A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration
A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration with Kathryn Lovewell. Compassion Cafe is a fortnightly, informal meet-up for the whole, global GCC family to come together. In a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you’ll find connection with others, support in your compassion practice and ideas for developing it, wherever you are in your personal journey.
This is a free space to learn, share and simply connect. So if you’ve ever wondered ‘am I knowledgeable enough to take part?’ or ‘do I have enough experience?’, please know that the only requirement to attend these get-togethers is for you to show up! You don’t have to be a GCC member. And if you just want to listen, that’s totally fine too!
Each meet-up will include some of the following:
Prompts to encourage some personal reflections
Practical suggestions and advice for developing your compassion practice
Free space for those that want to share their thoughts and experiences
Optional small group spaces for sharing
Inspiration for putting compassion into action in your personal life, your community and the wider world
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Self-Leadership: Strengthening Leadership Effectiveness from the Inside Out
Self-leadership is essential to personal wellbeing and leadership effectiveness - whether you are called to be a responsive leader in your workplace, community, or family. At the Bakken Center, we describe self-leadership as an intentional alignment between your values and your daily actions and behaviors that can lead to enhanced personal wellbeing and effectiveness in all areas of life. At its core, it involves increasing our capacity for self-awareness, self-care, emotional resilience, and self-efficacy. It also acknowledges the powerful ripple effect that self-leadership and good self-care can have on our relationships with others, whether at work, at home, or in our larger communities.
This session will include a deep dive into the concept of self-leadership and building your personal wellbeing, resilience and self-leadership competencies, from the inside out. The Bakken Center’s Wellbeing Model will be explored, especially as it pertains to the everyday stressors and gifts unique to leadership.
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Empathy & Compassion Research - Speaker Series: Understanding EMR-Enabled Assessment of Non–Face-to-Face Workload in Primary Care: A Common Driver of Burnout with Ryan Moran, MD, MPH
High levels of non–face-to-face work are a well-recognized contributor to clinician burnout, and reducing this burden has become a priority across health systems. Yet accurately assessing this time requires a nuanced understanding of real-world clinician workflows. This talk will present a pilot project designed to refine EMR-based measurement of non–face-to-face workload in academic internal medicine, with the goal of informing better strategies to quantify and ultimately mitigate this contributor to burnout.
UC San Diego’s Center for Research on Empathy and Compassion proudly presents the Empathy & Compassion Research Speaker Series for Spring 2026.
This free virtual series highlights the impactful and groundbreaking research that Sanford Institute-affiliated faculty and researchers have played an integral role in. This series is designed for anyone with an interest in empathy and compassion in neurobiology and healthcare.
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Inside the NBA: Creating Teams Where People Belong
What does it take to foster belonging and community impact in one of the most competitive, high-pressure industries in the world: professional sports?
Join us for a live conversation featuring:
Dr. Kara Allen, architect of the NBA’s first Chief People, Impact and Belonging Officer role and former executive leader with the San Antonio Spurs
Dr. Hooria Jazaieri, award-winning professor and researcher, lead author of the case study Leading Social Impact from the NBA C-Suite
Kia Afcari, Director of Greater Good Workplaces at the Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley
Drawing from Dr. Allen’s experience with the San Antonio Spurs, we’ll explore her fascinating journey designing and leading the first Chief People, Impact and Belonging function in all of professional sports. Dr. Allen will share how, in the wake of the Uvalde Elementary School shooting and other societal pressures, she and her team helped the Spurs prioritize community and societal impact as an equal and interrelated goal alongside building a championship-caliber team and ensuring financial strength. We will also highlight Dr. Allen’s values-based leadership philosophy, grounded in compassion, belonging, authenticity, and her belief that business success is inextricably linked to societal well-being.
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
How leaders build trust and psychological safety without sacrificing performance
Why people thrive when they feel a genuine sense of belonging at work
How sustained excellence depends on a strong organizational culture that holds under internal and external pressure
What organizations in any sector can learn about the link between financial success and community impact
This conversation goes far beyond the court. It is designed for business leaders, managers, culture-builders, and anyone interested in science-backed strategies for creating communities where people can thrive, even in moments of conflict and change. Few leaders choose to embed belonging and social impact at the core of a major sports franchise. Even fewer have done it under public scrutiny and competitive pressure. Leave this conversation motivated with practical insights you can immediately modify to fit your team, your organization, and your community.
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2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series: When Leaders Listen: How Clinician Insight Shapes Departmental and Systemwide Action
UC San Diego’s Center for Compassionate Communication proudly presents the Spring 2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series
This free, skills-based program is specially designed for health care professionals, medical educators, and researchers. Through interactive sessions, participants will learn how to communicate with greater compassion—and, in turn, greater effectiveness—with patients, healthcare teams, medical trainees, and beyond.
This session explores how the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office for Organizational Well-Being (OWB) listens deeply to frontline clinicians and transforms that feedback into meaningful, multi-level culture change. Through its Department Enhancement Project (DEP) framework and the Organizational Well-Being Executive Leadership Team (OWBELT) Action Plan, OWB has created intentional structures that surface root issues, elevate frontline perspectives, and translate insights into coordinated department- and system-level improvements. Participants will learn how these interconnected frameworks foster transparency, collaboration, and accountability, and how to adapt similar ground-up approaches to create strategic interventions and accelerate culture change within their own organizations.
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Positive Links Speaker Series: The INSPIRE Advantage: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others
Social psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky has spent three decades building a method for determining when we are inspiring versus infuriating, and where each of us—presidents, CEOs, coaches, teachers, parents—currently land on that spectrum. In this talk, Galinsky will unpack the science of inspiration and show how inspiring and infuriating leaders represent a universal continuum that is rooted in the very architecture of the human brain. In his research, Galinsky has identified the three universal features in inspiring others. Because these three universal factors can be learned and developed, Galinsky has proven that inspiring leaders aren’t just born—instead, we can inspire or infuriate in any given moment through our behavior, words, or presence. Galinsky will reveal how all of us, regardless of status or circumstance, can be more inspiring more often.
About Galinsky:
Adam Galinsky is the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. A world-renowned expert in leadership and negotiation, he authored the recently released INSPIRE: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others and co-authored the bestselling book, Friend & Foe. His books are based in over 300 scientific articles and chapters he has co-authored. His TED Talk, How to Speak Up for Yourself, has over 7.7 million views, highlighting his impact on influence and inspiration. Professor Galinsky has served as a damages expert in a dozen trials involving reputational damage, including Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News and Bacon v. Nygard. His expert reports and testimony have generated more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements. He is an Executive and Associate Producer on six award-winning documentaries, including two (Horns and Halos (2003) and Battle for Brooklyn (2011)) that were short-listed (final 15) for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. He received his PhD from Princeton University and his BA from Harvard University.
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.
Hosted by Monica Worline, Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations.
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2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series: Navigating Moral Distress in Healthcare Leadership and Education
UC San Diego’s Center for Compassionate Communication proudly presents the Spring 2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series
This free, skills-based program is specially designed for health care professionals, medical educators, and researchers. Through interactive sessions, participants will learn how to communicate with greater compassion—and, in turn, greater effectiveness—with patients, healthcare teams, medical trainees, and beyond.
The burden of moral distress is too often placed solely on individual healthcare providers, accompanied by calls for resilience, self-care, and the proverbial "stiff upper lip." However, a paradigm shift is underway that urges healthcare leaders to move beyond individual coping strategies and instead foster institutional culture change. This session introduces a concrete, five-step moral distress debriefing tool that integrates elements from several existing frameworks. By shifting the burden from individuals to systems, the tool fosters shared responsibility, reduces provider isolation, and promotes sustainable, values-driven practice in today’s complex and evolving healthcare environment.
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Conversation with Monica Worline and Jane Dutton
Monica C. Worline, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and the visionary behind EnlivenWork, where she guides companies in cultivating courage, compassion, and curiosity as essential drivers of innovation and meaningful work. She is affiliated with Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, where she contributes to advancing scientific understanding of compassion in professional settings. Monica also leads CompassionLab, an international research community dedicated to studying compassion in organizations, and teaches at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business as part of the Center for Positive Organizations.
Jane E. Dutton, PhD, is a renowned scholar in organizational psychology and a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Her career has centered on uncovering how people create meaningful, life-giving experiences at work through compassion, connection, and personal agency. She has authored an extensive body of scholarship—including over one hundred academic articles and thirteen books and is widely recognized for shaping the field of positive organizational scholarship. As a cofounder of both the Center for Positive Organizations and CompassionLab, she continues to champion research that helps workplaces support human thriving.
Together, they co-authored Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power that Elevates People and Organizations, available wherever books are sold.
Join us for a meaningful conversation as we delve into Monica and Jane’s groundbreaking work, exploring the powerful role that compassion plays in the workplace to help organizations succeed and thrive.
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Burnout to Balance: Rebuilding Engagement at Work
If you feel emotional or physical exhaustion, catch yourself disengaging from your job or coworkers, or notice a decrease in your productivity or creativity, you are not alone. A recent survey found 48% of employees in eight countries struggle with burnout. Or you may be experiencing burnout — underchallenged and lacking purpose, saddled with repetitive tasks.
Join Amy Newman from Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and Chris Wofford from eCornell to learn strategies for managing burnout by pinpointing what you can and can’t control. We’ll describe ways to re-engage in the work and with your coworkers, approach your situation with compassion, and communicate with courage.
For people managers, we’ll explore ways to improve working conditions, lead with humility, and communicate more in some ways and less in others to support your team, despite work demands.
What You'll Learn
A framework for analyzing the causes of burnout and identifying what you can and can’t control
Practical communication strategies to advocate for yourself and others
The value of re-engaging and connecting with others despite a difficult work situation
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Positive Links Speaker Series: The Science of Failing Well: How to Change Your Thinking to Lead (and Thrive) in an Uncertain World
This session explores a mindset shift that supports effective action in the face of uncertainty. This shift is well captured by the short phrase, “think like a scientist,” offered as a deliberate contrast to thinking like a (command-and-control) manager. Classically, managers supplied answers and plans and evaluated how well others executed on them. In contrast, successful leaders of scientific labs offer direction and questions that empower action and help others make sense of data. This is not about being more lenient or laissez-faire, but rather about a new type of discipline. Their model provides an analog that leaders in any industry today can learn from. In short, today’s leaders must abandon the discipline of control to embrace the discipline of learning. Key concepts covered include psychological safety, intelligent failure, and interpersonal skills for high-quality conversations.
About Edmondson:
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.
Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023; she also received that organization’s Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019 and Talent Award in 2017. She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, and California Management Review.
Her 2019 book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth, has been translated into 15 languages. Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and in the UK (Penguin) in September 2023, the book is due to be translated into 24 additional languages and was selected for the Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of the Year award.
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.
Hosted by Monica Worline, Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations.
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Compassion as Resistance: An Inter-Faith Response with Aizaiah Yong , Ashley Plotnick, Lailatul Fitriyah and Neddy Yong
How can the shared heart of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism help bridge the deep divisions in our world today? In this one-hour panel facilitated by Rev. Neddy Yong, experts Lailatul Fitriyah, Ashley Plotnick, and Aizaiah Yong explore compassion as a vital counterbalance to extremism. Through personal stories and theological insights, this discussion will highlight compassion as a transformative force that sustains us and invites us to evolve our traditions. Join us for a collaborative reflection on how these faith perspectives can reshape our communities and foster a more compassionate, unified world.
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Grounding for the Greater Good: Cultivating Patience to Interrupt Reactivity and Racial Bias
Bridging Differences in Higher Education: Research-Based Practices that Build Belonging: Skill-Sharing Session #2
“In our culture, higher education is one of the only places where there can actually be real conversations about difficult topics,” says Beth Douthirt-Cohen, a public health professor at University of Maryland, College Park. In 2017, the university brought in Douthirt-Cohen to build the capacity of students, faculty, and staff to engage with differences in power and racial identity in healthy, ethical ways.
They found that when we’re equipped with mindfulness tools, it is possible to make higher ed a space where we can have a really difficult conversation and stay in it. In fact, mindfulness can help us feel connected to our agency. Instead of reacting, we get grounded and find the patience we need to make choices and even interrupt unconscious bias.
Join us for an interactive conversation with Douthirt-Cohen and psychologist Sarah A. Schnitker (Baylor University), who will draw from her research to explain how grounding practices like these cultivate our patience and exercise our curiosity, courage, and empathy. Hosted by Juliana Tafur, GGSC’s Bridging Differences Program Director.
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Compassion Café: A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration
A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration with Kathryn Lovewell. Compassion Cafe is a fortnightly, informal meet-up for the whole, global GCC family to come together. In a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you’ll find connection with others, support in your compassion practice and ideas for developing it, wherever you are in your personal journey.
This is a free space to learn, share and simply connect. So if you’ve ever wondered ‘am I knowledgeable enough to take part?’ or ‘do I have enough experience?’, please know that the only requirement to attend these get-togethers is for you to show up!
Register here for this free online event. Please note, this event has been standardized to the Eastern Time Zone.
2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series: Can Conflict Be Compassionate?
UC San Diego’s Center for Compassionate Communication proudly presents the Spring 2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series
This free, skills-based program is specially designed for health care professionals, medical educators, and researchers. Through interactive sessions, participants will learn how to communicate with greater compassion—and, in turn, greater effectiveness—with patients, healthcare teams, medical trainees, and beyond.
How can you show you care– even when you deeply disagree? What if conflict wasn’t something to avoid, but an opportunity to connect more deeply, to get closer to the truth? What would have to be true for you to genuinely consider another perspective? Join ICF-certified coach Kelsey Brennan in this interactive workshop as we reflect on our own patterns of listening, explore ways to thoughtfully prepare for conflict-heavy conversations, and apply a coaching mindset to balance acceptance with advocacy.
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Positive Links Speaker Series: Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives
A troubling trend is emerging in today’s workplace: employee morale and overall satisfaction are in sharp decline, despite companies investing more in wellness initiatives than ever before. What’s missing? Contrary to popular beliefs and large investments from companies, “add-on” offerings like wellness classes, mindfulness training, and healthy lifestyle initiatives are not perceived as helpful for improving employee wellness. Many organizations misunderstand wellness―it’s not a program or a box to check. Instead, employees’ actual day-to-day experiences at work and interactions with their leaders are far more important than wellness programs or initiatives.
Learn about a science-backed blueprint for fostering healthier, more productive work environments rooted in actionable steps for leaders to become “Generators”―the leaders organizations and employees value most who cultivate genuine connections, create a positive team culture, and help employees achieve their work and life goals. Gain a clear, data-driven path forward and a concrete plan to turn the session’s insights into action―to become the Generators you and others have the potential to be.
About Sawyer:
Dr. Katina Sawyer is an internationally recognized expert on the science of workplace wellness. She is the co-author of Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives and co-host of the Leading for Wellness podcast, which brings research-backed insights to people passionate about building thriving workplaces. As co-founder of Workr Beeing, Dr. Sawyer is on a mission to make evidence-based wellness strategies accessible to employees everywhere.
A TEDx speaker and a thought leader featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and other major outlets, Dr. Sawyer has delivered hundreds of presentations to audiences around the world. Her expertise has also been showcased on both local and national news, where she brings clarity and inspiration to conversations about what it takes to foster wellbeing at work.
Dr. Sawyer is also an award-winning researcher and an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters — which focus on leadership, employee flourishing, and organizational culture — many of which have been published in top journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Administrative Science Quarterly. Katina has received over 15 national research and teaching awards, including the SIOP Early Career Award for Humanistic I-O Psychology, the University of Michigan’s Positive Organizational Scholarship Publication of the Year, and Philadelphia’s 40 Under 40 distinction.
Through her Psychology Today blog, her “Leading for Wellness” podcast, and her company Workr Beeing, Dr. Sawyer is widely recognized as a bridge-builder between science and practice — empowering individuals and organizations to create cultures where everyone can thrive.
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.
Hosted by Monica Worline, Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations.
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Mattering at Work in the Age of AI with Jennifer Breheny Wallace & Ethan Kross
Join New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace and Ethan Kross for a timely conversation on mattering at work in the age of AI. As artificial intelligence reshapes our workplaces, Jennifer explores a vital question: how do we ensure people still feel valued, needed, and significant when machines can outperform us? Drawing on years of research and reporting for her forthcoming book Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, Jennifer shows why mattering—feeling valued and having the opportunity to add value—is not a “soft” concept, but a fundamental human need and a strategic imperative for organizations navigating technological change. This session offers practical insights for building workplaces where technology amplifies—not replaces—human contribution, and where every employee feels empowered to create cultures of mattering for one another.
About Jennifer:
Jennifer Breheny Wallace is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. Her first book, Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic — And What We Can Do About It, was a New York Times bestseller and an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Her forthcoming book, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, will be published by Penguin Random House in 2026.
Wallace is the founder of The Mattering Institute and co-founder of The Mattering Movement, a national nonprofit advancing mattering practices in K–12 schools. She serves on the Advisory Board for Making Caring Common at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a guest lecturer for NYU’s Fall 2025 course, Education, Mattering, and the American Dream.
A maternal mental health advocate at Calm, Wallace also consults for Netflix, is a BCG BrightHouse Luminary, and has partnered with The LEGO Group on its global “Play Unstoppable” campaign, addressing perfectionism and fostering confidence through play. Wallace began her journalism career at CBS’s 60 Minutes, where she was part of a team awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism. She contributes to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and frequently appears on national television to discuss her work.
She serves on the board of the Coalition for the Homeless in New York City, where she lives with her family.
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From Harm to Healing: Teaching the Skill Sets of Forgiveness and Accountability
What does it look like to be accountable to ourselves and others as we work toward healing and repair in our schools and communities?
Join us for an interactive presentation with Lauren Trout, Senior Program Associate with WestEd’s Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities team, whose work centers on reimagining education as a space for justice, belonging, and collective care. Facilitated by Amy L. Eva, Ph.D., Associate Director of Education at the Greater Good Science Center, this gathering invites us to explore how accountability and forgiveness are skill sets that can help us move beyond blame to foster healing, repair, and stronger relationships in schools and communities.
Together, we will:
Explore the intersections of forgiveness and accountability through a restorative lens
Identify the conditions that make meaningful accountability possible
Introduce practical skills that support accountability while cultivating forgiveness and repair
In moments when conflict and hurt feel all too present, this session offers tools for navigating accountability in ways that are constructive, courageous, and restorative. Made for educators and open to all, attendees will walk away with concrete strategies to help individuals and communities transform conflict into connection and growth.
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IV Semana de Acompañamiento Oncológico
¿Cómo ha cambiado tu vida, o cambiaría, ante un proceso de enfermedad propio o de un ser querido?
¿Sientes que tienes los recursos para acompañar ese proceso?
Como profesional, ¿Qué crees que necesitan y esperan de ti las personas a las que atiendes? ¿Cómo te sientes al acompañar el sufrimiento cada día?
Continuamos aportando recursos, reflexiones, miradas que pueden ayudarnos a transitar los desafíos que los procesos oncológicos, enfermedades avanzadas o el fin de vida nos plantean, así como conocimientos y herramientas que nos sirvan para ayudarnos a mantenernos en un estado de bienestar y salud.
Esta IV edición de la Semana de Acompañamiento Oncológico forma parte del programa de actividades de sensibilización que se desarrolla desde la
Asociación Málaga Abraza. Un programa que ofrece diversos talleres y encuentros para sensibilizar acerca del cuidado, acompañamiento y compasión que están en la base de una comunidad compasiva. Este programa nutre la mirada compasiva necesaria para acompañar a quienes se encuentran en procesos de enfermedad avanzada, fin de vida, muerte, pérdida y duelo.
La Asociación Málaga Abraza nace para traer a Málaga el proyecto internacional de Ciudades Compasivas, para involucrar a la comunidad y crear una red de apoyo de cuidados paliativos y acompañamiento.
Conscientes de la necesidad de divulgar, dar a conocer y normalizar aspectos vinculados a la propia vida como son la enfermedad y la muerte nos acompañan ponentes con una amplia experiencia profesional que, generosamente, han contribuido para ofrecernos una mirada consciente, responsable y compasiva que nos pueda hacer el camino más amable.
Hablaremos de acompañamiento, cuidado consciente de la piel y alimentación, acompañamiento sensible al trauma, la importancia de crear micro culturas de cuidado, neurociencia del cuidado, una mirada a la salud desde la perspectiva de la Medicina Tradicional China, la importancia de cerrar nuestra biografía, cultura y ética paliativa, las necesidades de cada persona en cada momento y cuidados paliativos. Contaremos con testimonios de personas que nos abren su corazón, su propia historia, ante la pérdida de seres queridos y comparten con nosotros cómo transitaron esos momentos y cómo esa experiencia les ha impulsado a contribuir hoy a la sociedad.
Esperamos que esta Semana y los contenidos que han preparado con tanta generosidad, cariño y profesionalidad los ponentes puedan ayudar a pacientes, familiares, cuidadores y profesionales a atravesar estos momentos desde una mirada compasiva y aporten herramientas que puedan usar en su día a día.
En la Semana de Acompañamiento Oncológico traemos la invitación a mirar de forma diferente el proceso que ahora te ocupa.
¿Qué te Aportará este Encuentro?
Conocer la función del acompañamiento y qué puede ofrecerte en este procesos de enfermedad tanto si eres paciente, familiar o profesional relacionado con la oncología.
Mostrar y poner en valor actitudes necesarias para acompañar desde un lugar adecuado y cuidarte desde el rol que ocupes en este proceso.
Tomar conciencia de la importancia del autoconocimiento para gestionar los difíciles momentos que atravesamos en las distintas etapas.
Conocer visiones diferentes que te aporten soluciones y claridad de mano de profesionales con experiencia.
Respuestas y perspectivas diferentes para acercarte al acompañamiento, el cuidado consciente, cómo podemos ponernos a nuestro favor y los cuidados paliativos.
Conocer cómo estas visiones y recursos pueden ayudarte a hacer más amable este camino en el que te encuentras como paciente, familiar, cuidador o profesional.
Conocer el testimonio de personas que han acompañado a sus seres queridos. Personas como tú y yo que nos compartirán qué les ha ayudado, la importancia del acompañamiento y cómo tras su experiencia contribuyen hoy a la sociedad.
Conocer a profesionales que desde diferentes áreas de conocimiento y disciplinas aportan valor cada día.
Conocer la labor de diferentes Asociaciones, Fundaciones y Proyectos que están apoyando esta IV Semana de Acompañamiento Oncológico.
Tener la posibilidad de practicar y reflexionar junto a los ponentes.
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Compassion Cultivation Practices
Join us for an engaging session with our partner, Compassion Institute, to learn about the science and practice of compassion cultivation.
Experts will share the essential neurobiological underpinnings of compassion cultivation and will guide participants in experiential learning to practice cultivating compassion for self and others. Participants will learn how to easily incorporate these essential compassion cultivation skills into their clinical practice and teaching environments.
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Tell Me Your Story: How Listening Builds a Path to Compassion
It’s not a splashy solution, but the impact can be immediate. Learning how to listen–to really listen–may be one of the most powerful ways we have to build community and make change. That’s why, at The University of Mississippi, Professor Graham Bodie has been so committed to teaching his students how to hear one another, especially around hard issues.
In this interactive skill-sharing session, come encounter a new perspective on listening, grounded in both research and practice. First, we’ll experience how one of the foremost scholars of listening helps his students cultivate what he calls Listening Intelligence. Then North Central College’s Professor Maureen Spelman will explore how listening can become an act of character–a practice that cultivates empathy (and can even move us toward compassion) and draws on curiosity, intellectual humility, and patience. Together we’ll grow our listening intelligence, our sense of community, and our capacity to stay in dialogue even when it’s difficult. Hosted by Juliana Tafur, GGSC’s Bridging Differences Program Director.
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Adderley Positive Research Incubator: Holding on, Letting Go: Relational Reconstruction After Role Transition Away from Beneficiaries
“Holding on, Letting Go: Relational Reconstruction After Role Transition Away from Beneficiaries” with Solomiya Draga
The Adderley Positive Research Incubator has enabled 250 researchers in the broad domain of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) to share early research ideas. Designed to foster a developmental environment characterized by positive regard, generative insights, and new collaborative possibilities, incubators encourage both high-quality research and scholarly growth.
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Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius: A Conversation with Jon Levy
What makes certain teams thrive while others, equally talented, struggle?
Why do some groups produce breakthrough ideas, deep trust, and extraordinary results — while others collapse under the pressure of ego, disconnection, or unclear purpose?
In his groundbreaking new book, Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius, behavioral scientist Jon Levy reveals a transformative truth: success is not driven by individual brilliance alone. It emerges from the capacity of a group to work together with clarity, trust, benevolence, and shared purpose.
Join us for a special Garrison Institute webinar with Jon Levy and Dr. Angel Acosta as they explore the science, stories, and wisdom behind Team Intelligence — and what it takes to unlock the collective genius within organizations, movements, and communities today.
Through a blend of research, storytelling, and reflection, this conversation will illuminate how brilliant leaders create conditions where teams can flourish. Together, we will explore:
Why team performance depends more on trust and cohesion than on superstar talent
The vital role of “glue players,” the often-overlooked individuals who hold groups together
How psychological safety, belonging, and vulnerability fuel creativity and innovation
Ways leaders can design environments where collective wisdom emerges organically
What Jon Levy has learned from decades of studying astronauts, Olympic captains, artists, entrepreneurs, and community builders
Whether you lead an organization, support a community initiative, guide a school, or are simply curious about more human ways of working together, this webinar will offer practical tools and inspiring perspectives for building teams grounded in clarity, trust, and shared humanity.
Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for applying research to human connection, trust, and influence. He is the founder of The Influencers Dinner, a secret gathering where leaders from all fields — Nobel laureates, Olympians, artists, executives, and change-makers — meet and connect in meaningful ways. Over the past decade, Levy has become a sought-after voice on collaboration, belonging, and the social behaviors that shape human performance.
His latest book, Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius, dismantles the myth of the heroic individual and demonstrates how extraordinary outcomes emerge when teams cultivate trust, psychological safety, purpose, and relational depth. Levy’s work has been featured across major platforms and has influenced leaders in business, technology, education, and culture.
Dr. Angel Acosta is a visionary educator, scholar, and facilitator, leading efforts at the intersection of healing-centered education, contemplative practice, and leadership development. As the director of the Garrison Institute Fellowship, Dr. Acosta is dedicated to nurturing a global community of change-makers.
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Compassion Café: A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration
A Place for Connection, Discussion and Restoration with Kathryn Lovewell. Compassion Cafe is a fortnightly, informal meet-up for the whole, global GCC family to come together. In a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you’ll find connection with others, support in your compassion practice and ideas for developing it, wherever you are in your personal journey.
This is a free space to learn, share and simply connect. So if you’ve ever wondered ‘am I knowledgeable enough to take part?’ or ‘do I have enough experience?’, please know that the only requirement to attend these get-togethers is for you to show up!
Register here for this free online event. Please note, this event has been standardized to the Eastern Time Zone.