Facing Shame with Empathy

Special guest: Liv Larsson (Sweden)

13:45-15:15 Why so much fuss around empathy?

Magdalena Malinowska and Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez

15:30-17:00 Connection before correction

Joanna Berendt and Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez

17:15-18:30 Shame – friend or foe?

Liv Larsson (Sweden)

How do you deal with shame? What role can empathy play in dealing with difficult situations? While the notion of empathy is widely discussed today, shame can be a topic more difficult to approach, as it often triggers difficult sensations and avoidance patterns.

During three consecutive sessions, we will explore both shame and empathy, seen through the lens of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). We are proud to present our special guest Liv Larsson, who will be giving the concluding lecture. The sessions are all in English, open to the public, and free of charge. 

Firstly, we invite you to a seminar guided by Magdalena Malinowska and Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez on empathy seen as one of the basic concepts of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). During this seminar, you will get to know the main principles of NVC and its usage in everyday life.

In the following seminar, together with Joanna Berendt and Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez, you will be able to look at the ways in which we communicate and how empathy can help us to do it in a more effective way.

Finally we will dive into the subject of shame. This session will give you an idea of how the avoidance patterns can be recognized and used as a signal that we are not fully connected to the needs of ourselves and others. With the help of The Compass of Needs Liv Larsson will be guiding us in understanding how shame affects us.

Place: SWPS University, Chodakowska 19/31, Warsaw

Date: 20.05.2019

Time of the sessions:

13:45-15:15 Why so much fuss around empathy? (Room N121A)

15:30-17:00 Connection before correction  (Room N121A)

17:15-18:30 Shame – friend or foe? (Lecture hall N217)

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Guests:

Liv Larsson (FriareLiv) – a certified trainer of Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) living in Sweden and working internationally. She is a mediator and an author of 20 books, of which “Anger, Guilt and Shame – Reclaiming Power and Choice” deals specifically with the topic of shame. Her books are translated to many different languages. https://www.livlarsson.com/

Joanna Berendt (NVC Lab) – coach, NVC certified trainer and NVC mediator. Credentialled by International Coach Federation, has over 1700 hours of experience. Works with leaders, teams and individuals. Since 2009 practicing Nonviolent Communication. Board Member of Foundation „Equante Fundacja Nowych Możliwości”. Specialized in unfolding human potential, building common understanding, improving communication and strengthening collaboration and supporting conflict resolution. As a mediator, she works with business and non-profit organizations, also with family-related situations. She is an author of books and publications that are inspired by coaching and NVC. She has initiated Postgraduated Studies in Nonviolent Communication in Poland. https://nvclab.pl/

Magdalena Malinowska (Empathic Way Europe) – empathic communication trainer and coach. She supports people in creating satisfying life and relationships (personal and professional) through individual trainings and group workshops deepening communication skills. She helps in implementing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in relationships, companies and non-governmental organisations. Her work is based not only on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, but also on non-formal learning methods and on Coaching for Transformation approach. She got to know Nonviolent Communication in 2010. At the moment she is on the path to CNVC certification. www.empathiceurope.com

Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez (Empathic Way Europe) – trainer of empathic communication, coach, eduScrum trainer, teacher and ex Headmaster. She works with children, parents, teachers, business and organizations supporting them through workshops, lectures or individually. She used to work at the university and in schools in Mexico City and Warsaw (Poland). She graduated Political Science from the University of Szczecin, Poland. Granted a scholarship to study at the University of Salamanca, Spain, she have finished postgraduated studies in Leadership in Education and Nonviolent Communication according to Marshall Rosenberg and Train the Trainer of Nonviolent Communication studies, at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland. Finished Business and Life Coaching at the School of Empathic Trainers in Warsaw. At the moment she is on the path to CNVC certification. www.empathiceurope.com

This event is organised by the Department of Scandinavian Studies of the SWPS University in cooperation with Empathic Way Europe, with support from the Swedish Institute.