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Gene Knudsen Hoffman is a remarkable woman, and this book is a report from the growing edge of the compassionate Listening movement she has pioneered, nurtured and mentored. Forms of compassionate listening have been practiced among Quakers and Buddhists for centuries, and among psychotherapists for decades. Gene is both a Quaker peace activist and a pastoral counselor, and she has achieved two great things over the past thirty years. First, she has taken the practice of compassionate
listening out of the quiet environs of the Quaker meeting house, out from behind the closed doors of the therapy session, and on to the stage of the world’s greatest conflicts. Her many trips to Russia and the Middle East have made her a legend in the peacemaking community. Second, she has popularized compassionate listening in a generous way that invites and encourages other people to take up this practice, develop it and apply it in new areas. This brief sourcebook is an expression of that generosity. Available for free around the world as an e-book, it includes both her lesson plans for Compassionate Listening Workshops and reports from Leah Green and
Cynthia Monroe, two of her co-pioneers and creative colleagues. (letter size -- 34 pages) ... more>>