Referral Letter🧭 Empathy in Action What aikido teaches us for challenging interactions The Communication Doctor's Referral Letter In every work environment, moments of tension arise. A critical remark in a meeting. An unexpected objection. A conversation that keeps replaying in your mind afterwards. You know you could have handled it differently, with more calm, clarity, and strength. We often already know the principles of good communication. But knowing is not the same as doing. Especially not in challenging situations, where body and mind seem to go their separate ways. A training or workshop on empathy starts from a simple but powerful question: How do you choose empathy with people for whom it does not come naturally? To explore this, we draw on an Eastern perspective: aikido, a Japanese martial art that focuses on connection rather than conflict. Not by giving in, but by moving with. Not by convincing the other, but by making a different course of interaction possi...
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