TEDx Rhonda Morton - Be an Empathy Embassador

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Comment by Edwin Rutsch on January 18, 2012 at 2:49pm

more at Empathy Experts: Video and Links: Rhonda Morton
http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Experts/Others/Rhonda-Morton...

Comment by Edwin Rutsch on January 18, 2012 at 2:48pm

Talk Outline

• 00:00 I am an empathy Ambassador

  • see it as a path

• what I know about empathy

• Why is it I'm interested in empathy?

  • loving family

  • but starts with spanking

  • was youngest.

• Defense mechanism against spanking-punishment - hold breath and pass out

  • feels others pain in my body

• 2:00 I liked friendly TV shows

  • family liked violence TV programs

  • became peacenik

  • organizing against war

• 4:00 - already against the next war,

  • exhausting making war on the war machine

  • hating the haters

  • peace work is about preventing violence by increasing empathy

• Jeremy Rifkin

  • internet more connection between people

• Steven Pinker - study violence - violence is decreasing

• 7:00 increase in empathy - makes me hopeful

• 7:30 - what is empathy?

  • body knowledge

  • always gathering it, be

  • data becomes body knowledge

  • body wisdom - make life better

• Acting exercise 1

  •  doing acting exercises

  • audience feels the emotions via mirror neurons

  • what you see, you feel

  • connecting body to body

• 10:20 Exercise 2

  • audience stand and press palms together

  • separate an inch

  • can feel the connection

  • being aware of the connection

  • we all have the connection

• gives me hope that world peace is within our grasp

• become an Empathy Ambassador too