This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and today's suggested topic is the online Zoom Empathy Summit on the topic of Empaths: The Genius of Empathy! or what ever is on your mind.
The Empathy Summit is a free online Zoom event, May 4th at 9 AM Pacific Time, with a presentation by Judith Orloff, MD on her new book: The Genius of Empathy! This will be followed by a question & answer session. The general theme of the summit is Empaths.
In addition four other experts will present summaries of their work that connects the relationship of alternative spirituality and healing practice with empaths and empathy.
Following the 90 Minutes of presentations by the guest speakers the attendees will be invited to join empathy circles to further the conversation on the topics of Empaths and Empathy. Or, what ever is on your mind.
This Empathy Summit is built around the launch of Dr. Judith Orloff's new book, The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Your Sensitive Self, Your Relationships, and the World. Speakers will talk about, Empaths: Why Empathy is Genius and how to use empathy to heal yourself and the world?
Empathy Summit Website
Jump the fold for a video about this summit from the keynote speaker, Dr. Judith Orloff with an additional video on the summit from Edwin Rutsch, founder of the Empathy Center. I’m including the transcripts for those that can not view the videos.
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Dr Judith Orloff will be the keynote speaker at the May 4 2024 virtual Empath Empathy Summit. Below is a video of her inviting everyone to the summit.
Orloff M.D. has been called “the godmother of the empath movement.”She specializes in treating empaths and highly sensitive people in her private practice. Dr. Orloff’s work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, Oprah Magazine, the New York Times and USA Today. She has spoken at the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit, Google, TEDx U.S. and TEDx Gateway Asia. More information at DrJudithOrloff.com
Video Transcript
I invite you to come May fourth. Learn about the empathy Center. Get the genius of empathy and start the journey. Everyone's invited. um Come and we'll have a beautiful empathy talk and uh be able to dialogue in a Q&A about: What is empathy? Why it's so important now? What is an empath?
The book is The Genius of Empathy. This book is not just for empaths. It's for everybody who has an attraction and a desire to develop empathy in your in your own selves. In your hearts. And, I invite you all to join the empathy Circle of the summit of the talk.
If you're just beginning today with empathy focus on how can I have empathy for myself today I'm a big believer in what the individual does what you do what I do makes a huge difference and then the more you learn to radiate it the more it becomes contagious to other people we want to come together and do this as we want to change things if you're interested in changing things this is how to do it we'll meet in the field and we'll begin again as Humanity
Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/1orzALlzqVs?si=WwrZfVGnW6IKhZHc
Edwin Rutsch, featured in the video below is the founder of the Culture of the Empathy Movement and the Director of the New Empathy Center in Santa Barbara, California.
Video Transcript
I'd like to invite you to the empath empathy Summit which is going to be May 4th 2024. We're featuring Dr Judith Orloff and her new book that she's just launching The Genius of Empathy, practical skills to heal your sensitive self and your relationships and the world. Dr Judith Orloff has written many books on the topic of empaths. She has the book the Empath Survival Guide, and the Empath’s Empowerment Journal.
We're also going to have five other speakers who are empaths talking. So we hope that you'll come and register for that there. It's free it's at empathy summit.com. Just go to that site there's a registration page you can click on there. We have it on the events listed on LinkedIn and Facebook. You can go to those sites and invite your friends. And so I'm really hoping that you'll join us. Connect with us. Once you connect with us you can learn about the trainings of how to deepen your empathy skills.
I hope to see you there. I will be facilitating a Empathy Circle after the lectures that will allow a structured conversation about the summit. If you attend be sure to mention in the Zoom comments you are from Daily Kos.
I’m working today, so I will get back later tonight to answer any questions.
Regards,
Jonathan