Listen "Compassion, Unfiltered: Gillian Coutts on What Teams Really Need"
Episode Synopsis
When you help people help, you help people hope. Gillian Coutts, Country Director at Potential Project discovered this when working within her community during Australia's border closing following the COVID outbreak. In her work, she saw teams come together in extraordinary ways, but she also shares findings from a UK study that has been replicated elsewhere, that show how we often see ourselves as having compassion, but not our neighbours.In her discussion with Pia and Dan, Gillian explores the differences between empathy and compassion, and the importance of self-compassion to resilience.LinksHumankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger BregmanPerceptions Matter: The Common Cause UK Values SurveySelf-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, by Dr. Kristin NeffSquadify
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