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Compassionate Listening Project

The Compassionate Listening Project teaches self-inquiry and communication skills to individuals, communities and organizations worldwide, fostering understanding, building trust across differences, and transforming conflict into opportunities for deeper connection.

"Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart... Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less. If you want to help him to correct his perception, you wait for another time. You just listen with compassion and help him to suffer less. One hour like that can bring transformation and healing."

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~ Thich Nhat Hanh

(originator of Compassionate Listening as a practice for healing and reconciliation)

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese monk, peace activist, and originator of Compassionate Listening as a tool for rec
ABOUT US

Gene Knudsen Hoffman, international peacemaker and Quaker, developed the concept of Compassionate Listening, influenced by her teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. Leah Green founded the Compassionate Listening Project; we created the curriculum and teach world-wide. 

Gene Knudsen Hoffman, founder of Compassionate Listening, Quaker peacemaker, poet, author
GET INVOLVED
Compassionate Listening workshops, facilitation, deep listening, dialogue
Compassionate Listening Journey Israel Palestine wall, bridge building, reconciliation, Alabama

Videos

Compassion in Action: An Introduction to The Compassionate Listening Project
13:47
Pathways to the Heart
02:50

An enemy is one whose story we have not heard. - Gene Knudsen Hoffman Compassionate Listening pioneer

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