Ep. 17: Compassion is the Solution for All the Humans

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A hard conversation I had with Jessie about a really difficult situation in our relationship - that is the root of a lot of on-going frustrations/pain.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mentioning to a client that “we heal in an environment of compassion” and having it catch me off guard & really hitting me in the feels.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How compassion is the simplest solution - to literally all of our problems!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The almost poetic despair of the connection between “compassion” and “human suffering.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why compassion is so difficult for us as humans.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Hint: The prerequisite is vulnerability which is really fucking scary.)</span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How we always have the ability to change the world, but realizing that it starts with us in each and every moment and every interaction we have with another human.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Journal prompts (scroll to the bottom):</span> <a href= "http://benjaminmfritz.com/podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://benjaminmfritz.com/podcast</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the World Needs You Facebook group:</span> <a href= "http://www.facebook.com/groups/whytheworldneedsyoucommunity/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> http://www.facebook.com/groups/whytheworldneedsyoucommunity/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben’s Instagram:</span> <a href= "http://www.instagram.com/benjamin.m.fritz"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.instagram.com/benjamin.m.fritz</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-we