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No Need to Know it All
May 6, 2022
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First, From the Heart
Many in this community are senior leaders, experts in your field, and masters of your craft. We offer a deep bow to your collective experience and knowledge, and the remarkable contributions you have brought forward to build a better world.
In the realm of compassionate leadership, you might still be wondering what you need to know, understand, and practice. Indeed, there is an abundance of science, literature, wisdom, and knowledge that supports our growth. The call now is to turn inside to trust our deeper wisdom and the intelligence of all life, knowing we are not separate. In our connectedness, we find what is needed.
Earlier this week, two cohorts of Compassionate Leadership and Resilience Training participants finished their program, and now join the growing group of alumni who have journeyed through the certification. They are well-equipped with practices, principles, and research. Most importantly, they now have each other and a broader community for ongoing support and collaboration.
We can all exhale knowing that we need not do it alone. Not one of us will save the world. We can all be inspired by the potential that collectively, anything is possible.
May peace be with you, always,
Laura
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Practice Matters
Know? No!
I get caught up in the head, thinking, reading, watching, discussing. All good. I fancy myself a well-informed citizen of the world. I pay attention to what is going on around me and around the globe. I am always curious, perhaps exploring new developments, and digging more deeply into realms that are already familiar.
So what do I know? In the larger scheme of things, perhaps a whole lot of not much. More importantly, why do I want to know? Because it makes me feel smart or important? Or so I can plan and predict what is coming and going? I want to have clarity and a sense of certainty. Maybe even a craving for control.
Yearn on, my friends. In the most uncomfortable ways, I am learning that control is an illusion. That plans are nice, but life may and will intervene. Outcomes are not as intended. What if I simply show up to what is, without expectation? Surrender. Allow. Love.
When can we practice? Always!
If you'd like to explore additional Practice Matters, you can find them here.
Photo Credit: ŠJů, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Best of the Blog
Obstacles to Compassionate Leadership – Part 4, Lack of Knowledge
Lack of knowledge is one of the most common barriers to leading compassionately. Many leaders have said they would like to strengthen their compassion skills but lack the knowledge as to how to do it. Science shows that this is a capacity that we have always had. Recognizing that compassion and leadership are complementary can set us on the path of growing our compassionate leadership. Read more.
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Research Worth Sharing
A heuristic model of enactive compassion
by Joan Halifax
in Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care: 2012, 6.
Joan Halifax posits that one cannot train in compassion directly. Compassion is an emergent process that can arise when the proper conditions have been created. Processes for creating conditions fertile for the emergence of compassion can be trained. Read the research.
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Upcoming Event
Global Compassion Community Gathering
Free Community Event + Guest Speaker Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH
Join us as we explore the science behind the impact of serving others in order to build a more compassionate world. Our guest speaker is Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, author of the influential Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference and the upcoming Wonder Drug: 7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself.
Dr. Trzeciak is professor and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, and the chief of medicine at Cooper University Health Care. A practicing intensivist and clinical researcher, he’s been published more than 120 times in JAMA, Circulation, The New England Journal of Medicine, and more. His research has been supported by the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The event is co-hosted by Laura Berland, Founder of the nonprofit Center for Compassionate Leadership, and Monica Worline, co-author of Awakening Compassion at Work, and Research Scientist at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Reserve your spot for this free event – Register now.
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