Living with Wisdom and Compassion

• Are you on a first-name basis with your self-critic?
• Do you have unrealistic expectations of yourself?
• Would you like to learn to befriend your humanness – realizing that no one is ‘perfect’?
• Are you interested in learning how to bring a kinder approach towards yourself and the way you relate to others?
• Do you feel regret about past actions and would like to develop self-forgiveness?
• Are you interested in knowing more about what drives human beings to act in the ways we do - getting more clear about what Buddhist psychology and evolutionary biology have to offer?
• Are you interested in growing and deepening empathy — a key emotional intelligence skill and a hallmark strength for leaders?
• Do you care about the world and want to find more empowering ways of expressing your care and values?

This program is practical and pragmatic as well as grounded in helpful theory. We will draw on Buddhist psychology in the cultivation of ethics and wisdom and work actively with practices of mindfulness and compassion. We will also draw on the theoretical ground from Western traditions of psychology, biology and systems theory including Non Violent Communication, Internal Family Systems, evolutionary biology, ethical decision-making and the transformational work of Joanna Macey.