Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Homelessness is solvable. In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who often feel marginalized or misunderstood, watch this inspiring episode featuring Mark Horvath, founder of Invisible People.

Mark shares his firsthand experience being unhoused, and highlights how rising rents, broken policies, and public apathy fuel the homelessness crisis and why political activism, public education, and community action are essential to solving it.

Together, they discuss:

• The realities of being unhoused and unseen

• How storytelling can shift public perception

• Concrete steps for ending homelessness at the policy level

• Why empathy is essential for addressing homelessness

• The power of human connection to drive social change

  
  

If you’ve ever wondered how you can help or what role empathy plays in solving social problems, this conversation will leave you informed and inspired.

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01:16 Introduction 

02:35 About Mark Horvath

08:12 Mark’s backstory

14:23 Homelessness 101

18:13 The dark reality of anti-homeless laws

23:08 What is “Mobile Homelessness”?

28:55 Unhoused veterans - how can that be?

32:26 Why LGBTQ+ teens are more likely to face homelessness

40:18 Why many can’t break free from homelessness without support

44:00 The power of “Eviction Prevention”?

47:32 Mark’s personal story of being unhoused

55:47 Actions you can take to help solve the homelessness crisis

01:01:03 Mark Horvath’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

CONNECT WITH MARK

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhorvath/ 

SHOW NOTES

✩ Invisible People http://invisiblepeople.tv 

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Extremist ideologies are a social poison. In this special series devoted to widening our circle of empathy for people who often feel marginalized or misunderstood, watch this powerful episode featuring Arno Michaelis, a former neo-Nazi and author of My Life After Hate.

Once the frontman of a hate metal band, Arno shares how violence nearly destroyed his life. He describes how he walked away from white nationalism and is now committed to helping others abandon extremist ideologies, on the political left and right.

Together, we discuss:

• Why hate must be treated as a public health issue

• Why empathy and forgiveness are keys to breaking cycles of violence

• The road to transformation, redemption and healing

• How our shared humanity can help bridge deep divides

• The power of human connection to drive social change

  
  

If you’ve ever wondered what leads people to hate and violent extremism, and how it’s possible to deradicalize someone, this conversation will leave you informed and inspired.

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01:16 Introduction 

02:57 About Arno Michaelis

05:16 Arno’s backstory

08:52 Becoming a bully in elementary school

12:50 Why (and how) are people drawn to extremist ideologies?

16:35 Arno’s journey of redemption

22:57 Why hate should be considered a public health issue

27:22 What the “old Arno” would say listening to the “new Arno”

29:24 How Arno’s life changed after his daughter was born

36:25 From rock star to rock bottom: Why did Arno walk away from a life of hate?

42:28 How did Arno start to drift away from hate?

47:30 How can parents help prevent hate and violent extremism from taking root?

56:28 The Gift of Our Wounds by Arno Michaelis & Pardeep Singh Kaleka

01:02:34 Arno Michaelis’s Purposeful Empathy story

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

CONNECT WITH ARNO

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis/

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/?hl=en

SHOW NOTES

✩ My Life After Hate https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Hate-Michaelis-Arno/dp/0983129096

✩ The Gift of Our Wounds https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Our-Wounds-Supremacist-Forgiveness/dp/1250107547

✩ Refuge, Arno’s film project http://refugemovie.com/

✩ Serve 2 Unite https://www.parents4peace.org/

✩ US Insider Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-g3Z8IWsdU 

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In a special series devoted to empathy in education with leaders and fellows of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL), watch this episode to learn why “racial literacy” is key to fostering belonging and connection in schools.

Jasmine Locke, a School Support Specialist at West View High School in Oregon, shares insights from her doctoral research about educational liberation and putting strategies into practice to center student’s voices. She also describes effective student advocacy, and uplifts self-carer practices to nurture resilience in students.

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00:56 Introduction 

01:30 About Jasmine Locke

02:56 Jasmine’s backstory

08:05 Jasmine’s reflections on the DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) backlash 

10:57 Grounding practices for nurturing emotional resilience

15:06 What biomimicry teaches us about diversity and collective thriving?

21:33 What is “Educational Liberation”?

25:50 What is “Racial Literacy”?

28:21 Why SEL (social-emotional learning) is more important than ever

31:36 Knowing our history: the first step to collective liberation

34:13 The role of empathy in education

39:21 Has empathy become a buzzword?

43:51 How experiencing empathy at school prepares students to change the world

49:44 Challenges of teaching empathy in a world of ubiquitous media

54:49 Jasmine Locke’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social

SHOW NOTES

✩ Transformative Educational leadership https://www.teleadership.org/

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Watch this episode to learn how empathic leadership can help bridge ideological divides in the workplace.

Dr. Nicole Price is the author of Spark The Heart: Engineering Empathy In Your Organization and CEO of Lively Paradox, a professional coaching business that focuses on practicing empathy in leadership. In this episode, she explains how people can learn empathy to bring humanity back into the workforce.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 About Dr. Nicole Price

01:50 Why Nicole believes we need an “Empathy Revolution"

03:42 Two ways to become more empathic

06:08 Practicing cognitive empathy through perspective-taking

07:55 Nicole’s path from an engineer to empathy work

13:45 The importance of empathic leadership

15:20 How to bring empathy into any conversation

17:14 How empathy work has changed Nicole’s life 

20:25 Nicole discusses her new book Spark the Heart

25:15 Dr. Nicole Price’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH DR. NICOLE PRICE

✩ Twitter: @drnicoleprice

✩ Website: https://drnicoleprice.com 

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 learn why holistic medicine can be as powerful as allopathic medicine.

Dr. Erica Steele is a board-certified naturopathic doctor. Her 20 years of experience in holistic medicine has taught her the importance of truly listening to her patients with empathy. In this episode, she shares the healing power of drugless medicine, why emotions are a big part of illness, and why she is determined to put the human back into the practice of medicine.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 About Dr. Erica Steele

01:48 The difference between: a naturopathic doctor; a Doctor of Natural Medicine; and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner

04:52 The relationship between holistic and allopathic medicine

07:34 How can people take responsibility for their health?

12:31 Why holistic medicine is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model

14:28 What led Erica to holistic medicine

18:18 The future of holistic medicine

22:45 Bringing feminine energy and cultural diversity into holistic medicine

24:41 Empathy’s impact on patient outcomes and satisfaction

29:53 The important relationship between emotions and pathology 

32:55 How Erica has developed empathic practices with her patients

38:36 What is "human ascension”?

40:40 Dr. Erica Steele’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH DR. ERICA STEELE

✩ Website: https://www.drericasteele.com/ 

✩ Instagram: @dr_erica_steele

✩ Facebook: @calldrsteele

✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericasteele/ 

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 learn more about empathy from one of the world’s leading human emotion experts.

Karla McLaren is an award-winning author, researcher, empathy expert, and founder of Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy. In this episode, she walks us through her Six Essential Aspects of Empathy. She also describes why she has empathy for those who are often in “empathy exile” - including men, people on the Autism spectrum, narcissists, and even psychopaths.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 About Karla McLaren

03:06 What’s the history of the word empathy?

06:24 The “broccoli-Goldfish study” and early reasoning about desire

10:08 How Karla frames empathy

12:28 Empathizing with folk in “empathy exile”

21:00 Karla’s opinion about those who are "against empathy"

23:03 Karla's "Six Essential Aspects of Empathy"

31:00 About Emotion Dynamics and the Empathy Academy

34:46 Why shame is a precursor to empathy

38:49 Is empathy a necessary skill for leadership?

41:56 Karla McLaren’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH KARLA MCLAREN

✩ Website: https://karlamclaren.com  

✩ Empathy Academy Website: https://empathyacademy.org  

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 be inspired by a social entrepreneur who is dedicating her life to empowering women.

Jennifer Lonergan is the Founder and Executive Director of Artistri Sud, a non-profit organization that provides micro-entrepreneurship and leadership training to women in low-income countries with the goal of empowering them to create sustainable livelihoods and effect social change. In this episode, Jennifer reflects on her professional journey, from museum curator to social impact work. She also describes the benefits of doing work on purpose and offers insight into how others can do the same.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 About Jennifer Lonergan

01:47 Artistri Sud’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

05:08 Jennifer shares an impact story from Artistri Sud

12:30 How Jennifer addresses concerns about "white saviorism"

17:53 An excerpt about Jennifer from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy

21:44 Jennifer reflects on her professional journey

22:26 Jennifer’s message to others trying to find their purpose

27:05 The role of empathy in taking action

28:15 Artistri Sud’s new direction

32:26 Jennifer Lonergan’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH JENNIFER LONERGAN

✩ Website: http://www.artistrisud.org/ 

✩TED Talk: https://youtu.be/DbtfYNKYing 

✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lonergan-phd-058aaa15/ 

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 how purpose turned a pack-a-day smoker into an ultra distance running champion.

Ray Zahab is the Founder of impossible2Possible, a non-profit organization that aims to inspire and educate youth through adventure learning, inclusion and participation in expeditions. In this episode, he shares how he turned his life around at the age of 30, and how his expeditions prepared him mentally to conquer cancer.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 About Ray Zahab

01:47 An excerpt about Ray from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy

05:47 Ray reflects and describes how he radically changed his lifestyle

07:40 Ray’s message to people who want a more fulfilling life

09:52 Ray’s experience with cancer and cancer treatments

14:32 How Ray’s expeditions have taught him resilience

17:43 Ray’s organization impossible2Possible

21:24 About Kapik1 - an expedition and coffee company

24:46 What motivates Ray to go on extreme expeditions?

26:32 How empathy plays a role in Ray’s work and life

29:50 Ray Zahab’s Purposeful Empathy Story

CONNECT WITH RAY ZAHAB

✩ Website: https://www.rayzahab.com/about/ 

✩ KAPIK1 Website: https://kapik1.com/ 

✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-zahab-974a5429/ 

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 learn how a social impact leader is leveraging technology to combat sexual violence across the world. ElsaMarie D’Silva is the Founder of the Red Dot Foundation and creator of SafeCity, a technology platform that crowdsources personal experiences of sexual violence and abuse in public and private spaces globally. She also describes how people in power can raise awareness about sexual violence, and what it means to work with purpose. In this episode, Anita also reads an excerpt from her book, featuring a story about Elsa. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About ElsaMarie D'Silva 02:20 Anita reads an excerpt about Elsa from her book Purposeful Empathy 05:27 Elsa reflects on her work’s original mission 06:43 The role empathy has played in Elsa’s life and work 07:31 How allies can use their privilege and relative power to address sexual violence 08:45 How #MeToo intersects with SafeCity 12:21 How Elsa practices self-empathy 14:03 Elsa’s thoughts about working with purpose 16:39 The technology behind SafeCity 19:15 How people and corporations can use SafeCity 21:36 Empathy’s place in solving global issues 22:47 ElsaMarie D’Silva’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ELSAMARIE D’SILVA ✩ Twitter: @elsamariedsilva, @TheSafeCityApp ✩ Instagram: @elsamarie_ds @TheSafeCityApp ✩ Facebook: @elsa.dsilva @Safecity.in ✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsadsilva/ / https://www.linkedin.com/company/safecity/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... Video edited by David Tsvariani

Watch this episode to hear why a former Microsoft executive left his job to become a social entrepreneur. John Wood is the CEO and founder of U-Go, a non-profit organization that helps young women in low-income countries pursue higher education. He is also the founder of Room to Read, an award-winning NGO that has served over 23 million children in 43,000 communities in 20 low-income countries. In this episode, he shares his journey as a “corporate refugee” and describes the importance of purpose - both in our personal lives and within our organizations. In this episode, Anita also reads an excerpt from her book, featuring a story about John. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About John Wood 02:38 What is U-Go? 04:51 Impact stories from U-Go 05:31 John’s lessons as an entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur 08:54 An excerpt about John from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy 14:14 Why John left Room to Read to found U-Go 18:52 The business case for leading with purpose 24:21 How purpose can improve our personal lives 31:04 Empathy’s role in John’s life and work 33:43 John Wood’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH JOHN WOOD ✩ U-Go Website: https://ugouniversity.org/ ✩ Room to Read Website: https://www.roomtoread.org/ ✩ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwoodrtr/ ✩ Purpose, Incorporated on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/PurposeIncorporated CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter   / anitanowak21   ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathy... Video edited by David Tsvariani