Using "Two-Way Empathy" For Difficult Conversations ft. Dr. Nethra Samarawickrema Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn why an anthropologist thinks
ethnography is a wonderful lens for empathy.


Stanford educator, Dr. Nethra Samarawickrema, is an
anthropologist, coach, and Co-Creator of the Lab for Listening.
Her work combines ethnography, non-violent communication (NVC),
and design thinking to harness the transformative potential of
empathy. In this episode, she shares how NVC changes the dynamics
of relationships by focusing on unmet needs.


00:00 Introduction


00:23 About Nethra Samarawickrema


01:52 Nethra describes the connection between anthropology and
empathy


04:17 How Nethra defines empathy


06:00 The importance of humility


08:22 How Nethra discovered ethnography and how it affected her
personal life growing up


11:16 What is non-violent communication?


13:41 What does the Lab for Listening do?


17:46 How has social media impacted communication?


21:50 How Nethra responds to skeptics who don't believe they can
empathize


26:17 How to suspend judgement


31:46 Nethra Samarawickrema’s Purposeful Empathy story


Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/anita-nowak


CONNECT WITH NETHRA SAMARAWICKREMA


Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nethra-samarawickrema-phd-77a192195/


Website https://www.listenuplab.com/


Coaching https://www.workwithnethra.com/


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Video edited by David Tsvariani