Nancy Jo Chabot tabling at the 2026 Braver Angels National Convention By Joel Berman, Liz Spitzer, & Nancy Jo Chabot Joel Berman I was one of seven members of The Compassionate Listening Project who were invited to offer a breakout session at the 2024 Braver Angels National Convention in Kenosha, WI. Our breakout, "Braver Listening," gave twelve Blue-leaning and twelve Red-leaning participants a 90-minute taste of the power of listening. The exercise of both silent and reflective listening...

Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna, Austria (more info here) By Chloe Spurr, The Compassionate Listening Project Summer 2026 Intern When I first met with Kirsten Szykitka, The Compassionate Listening Project’s (TCLP) Interim Executive Director, to interview for the summer internship, the opening question she asked was something along the lines of “How do you see this role fitting into your coursework in sustainability?” While I knew wholeheartedly that the two were intertwined, I had never put the...

Two Women by the Sea, Henri-Edmond Cross, 1896 By Alanna Faust, Compassionate Listening Facilitator-in-Training, and Isabella Ranieri, Practice Group Participant We're sitting on the bricked terraced edge of a Berlin city pool, full of life and yells and bodies visible for the first time in nine months. The sun is setting lazily directly in front of us. I'm shielding my burn-prone skin under a baseball cap. My Abruzzo-born bestie Isa has her (somehow already) bronzed cheeks oriented directly...