34 min
Changing the World with Empathy and Love Ft. Dr. Ravi Chandra Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak
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- Self-Improvement
Watch this episode to hear a psychiatrist, author, and Buddhist practitioner discuss the benefits of and need for self-compassion.
Dr. Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and founder of SF Love Dojo, an organization that promotes love (beyond eros) to improve society. In this episode, he discusses the significance of inter-generational trauma, and how we can leverage love to promote empathy in ourselves, our families, and others around us.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Ravi Chandra
01:28 Ravi’s academic and personal journey to his empathy work
03:31 How Ravi’s thinking about the power of empathy and compassion has evolved over time
07:10 The benefits of Buddhist traditions and practices as they pertain to living a full life
08:48 Extending empathy across ideological divides
11:59 How empathy is subordinated by power
14:11 How Ravi’s experiences of marginalization have helped him become more empathic
15:51 The power of love at a personal and collective level
18:12 What happens to us physiologically when we practise self-compassion?
19:53 The deep roots of contempt in our society
20:56 The importance of collective trauma discourse
24:20 The Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale (ACES) scale
25:52 Repairing mental health struggles through connection and belonging
27:28 Ravi’s organization, SF Love Dojo
28:54 What it means to be an empathic physician
30:40 Ravi Chandra’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. RAVI CHANDRA
✩ Linkedin; https://www.linkedin.com/in/rchandra/
✩ Website; http://www.ravichandramd.com/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/going2peace
✩Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravichandramd/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
Watch this episode to hear a psychiatrist, author, and Buddhist practitioner discuss the benefits of and need for self-compassion.
Dr. Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and founder of SF Love Dojo, an organization that promotes love (beyond eros) to improve society. In this episode, he discusses the significance of inter-generational trauma, and how we can leverage love to promote empathy in ourselves, our families, and others around us.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 About Ravi Chandra
01:28 Ravi’s academic and personal journey to his empathy work
03:31 How Ravi’s thinking about the power of empathy and compassion has evolved over time
07:10 The benefits of Buddhist traditions and practices as they pertain to living a full life
08:48 Extending empathy across ideological divides
11:59 How empathy is subordinated by power
14:11 How Ravi’s experiences of marginalization have helped him become more empathic
15:51 The power of love at a personal and collective level
18:12 What happens to us physiologically when we practise self-compassion?
19:53 The deep roots of contempt in our society
20:56 The importance of collective trauma discourse
24:20 The Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale (ACES) scale
25:52 Repairing mental health struggles through connection and belonging
27:28 Ravi’s organization, SF Love Dojo
28:54 What it means to be an empathic physician
30:40 Ravi Chandra’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH DR. RAVI CHANDRA
✩ Linkedin; https://www.linkedin.com/in/rchandra/
✩ Website; http://www.ravichandramd.com/
✩ Twitter: https://twitter.com/going2peace
✩Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravichandramd/
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/
✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21
✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook
✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
Video edited by David Tsvariani
34 min