Join Us for a Free,
Online Empathy Circle Facilitation Training
Apply now at: July Online Empathy Circle Facilitator Training
Session 1: July 12th,10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
Session 2: 19th,, 10:00 AM- 12:30 PM PST
Session 3: 26th 10:00 AM- 12:30 PM PST
Session 4: Aug. 2nd, 10:00 AM- 12:30 PM PST
The online training takes place in Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/3521266686
Is There a Cost?: The circles and trainings are free and open to all and donations are welcomed. The only prerequisite is to attend at least two Empathy Circles prior to attending a training.
Time Commitment: In addition to attending 4 sessions of 2.5 hours each, there are weekly assignments to complete that may take 1-2 hours. We will also pair you weekly with an empathy buddy to practice empathy.
Certificates of Completion: We give Certificates of Completion to everyone that attends all required training sessions.
Email Bill Filler at paddlinman@yahoo.com with any questions.
This is an Open Source Empathy Training. This means we invite anyone to use this training curriculum and resources to hold their own trainings. You can use, study, change, distribute and build on it. Just give credit and link back to this training website. We invite you to also help co-host, co-design, co-develop and co-promote the training for the mutual benefit and well-being of humanity and the planet.
Want to have a short Empathy Circle Experience?
Check out our free Weekly Empathy Cafes
We have drop-in Empathy Cafes on
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM Pacific Time, U.S. (9:30 PM EST) in zoom room: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82025704305?pwd=aLnosQqfyIcsqOhHPlaXaos7ZK74sS.1
Thursdays at 6 PM Pacific Time, (9 PM Eastern Time) in zoom room https://zoom.us/j/3521266686
Check here to find the time conversion for your area. World Clock
See the article in Scientific American that addresses empathy and how the listening and reflecting in a shared Empathy Circle gives people a collective empathic experience.
Other Empathy Cafes
Can’t make the Thursday or Wednesday Empathy Circle Cafe? You can search our Events Calendar. Here you will find drop-in Introductory Empathy Circles held on various days and in different time zones. Click for the calendar – (time conversions)
The Empathy Center Schedule of Events for 2025
Access the Empathy Center Schedule of Events, which include a schedule of our trainings and Empathy Summits in 2025