Compassionate Listening Project

The Compassionate Listening Project empowers individuals and communities to transform conflict and create cultures of peace and healing. We accomplish this through workshops, facilitator training, listening journeys and partnerships with humanitarian, social justice and peace-building groups. Our offerings cultivate practices that hold courageous and generative space to bring people together across differences.

Guided by our commitment to listen and speak from the heart, we cultivate a living culture that grounds our vision, principles, practices, and values. This culture embraces human dignity, equity, and inclusivity, as we aspire to expand our ability to authentically see each other as human beings. We humbly believe that this journey is a continual process of learning and unlearning.

Our Values

"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."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Upcoming Events

Self Compassion: The Jewel at the Center of Being
Thu, Jan 16
Online 2-Session Workshop Series
Jan 16, 2025, 11:00 AM PST
Online 2-Session Workshop Series
Jan 16, 2025, 11:00 AM PST
Online 2-Session Workshop Series
A 2-session workshop with Susan Partnow featuring powerful practices to enhance our capacity for self-compassion and self-care.
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Breathe, You Are Alive!
Mon, Jan 27
Online 6- session workshop
Jan 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Online 6- session workshop
Jan 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Online 6- session workshop
Embodied CL Practice with the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh
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Intro to Compassionate Listening: Healing Our World from the Inside Out, Facilitated by Sharon Gubbay Helfer
Fri, Feb 21
Online 6-Session Workshop Series
Feb 21, 2025, 8:00 AM PST
Online 6-Session Workshop Series
Feb 21, 2025, 8:00 AM PST
Online 6-Session Workshop Series
"Humanity is waking up to our interconnectedness—to one another and to Earth. I believe that listening with compassion to ourselves and others is a key to this awakening, and that our evolutionary capacity is directly linked to our ability to navigate conflict." ~ Leah Green, Founder, TCLP
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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.

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