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 educational workshops, multi-media communications, strategic partnerships with humanitarian, social justice and peace-building groups, and training delegations to conflict and post-conflict zones.

Upcoming Events

Self Compassion: The Jewel at the Center of Being
Thu, Aug 25
Online 2-Session Workshop Series
Aug 25, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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.
Details/Register

Intro to Compassionate Listening: Healing Our World from the Inside Out with Susan Partnow
Thu, Sep 08
Online 5-Session Workshop Series
Sep 08, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
Online 5-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
Details/Register

Listening With the Heart in Alabama: A Compassionate Listening Journey
Mon, Oct 10
Montgomery, AL, USA
Oct 10, 5:00 PM PDT – Oct 18, 5:00 PM PDT
Montgomery, AL, USA
Journey to the heart of Alabama to engage in deep self-reflection, learn, and bring the healing gift of Compassionate Listening
Details/Register

The Heart is Our Compass: An Advanced Compassionate Listening and Embodiment Journey
Thu, Oct 20
8-Session Online Workshop Series
Oct 20, 11:00 AM PDT – Dec 15, 1:30 PM PST
8-Session Online Workshop Series
With Susan Partnow, Leah Green, Yael Petretti, Andrea Cohen, Debby Haase, Amalia Phillips, Glenn Dickter, Sharon Gubbay-Helfer and Julia Halaby
Details/Register

White-Bodied Inner Work: Uncovering Our Racial Conditioning Using Compassionate Listening
Sat, Oct 22
Online 5-Session Workshop Series
Oct 22, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
Online 5-Session Workshop Series
This 5-week online series will co-create a learning space for exploring our racial conditioning in the framework of Compassionate Listening, a heart-centered practice of deep listening and speaking from the heart. We hope that our inner healing will ripple out into the world through our actions.
Details/Register

"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

ABOUT US

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

LEARN MORE >>