The definitive guide to learning effective skills for engaging in open and honest conversations about divisive issues.
DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON is an award-winning professional mediator,
author, and teacher of Zen meditation. She is the Executive
Director of Two Arrows Zen, a practice in Utah, and cofounder of
the Integral Facilitator, a training program oriented to personal
development and advanced facilitator skills. She is the author of
Everything Is Workable and The Zen of You and Me. Find out more
atdianemushohamilton.com.
GABRIEL MENEGALE WILSON is a leadership coach, organizational
change consultant, and peace-builder with a specialty in diversity
and inclusion efforts. He is a certified integral facilitator and
an associate for Delta Developmental, a leadership and
organizational development consultancy.
KIMBERLY MYOSAILOH is a conflict resolution and negotiation
specialist, leadership coach and co-author of Compassionate
Conversations. She works with conscious leaders and teams to
up-level their human relationships and transform conflicts into
creative opportunities for growth. Devoted to the values of clarity
and compassion, her past work includes peacebuilding and mediation
research and advocacy for the United Nations, international NGOs
and universities, and international arbitration and litigation work
as a lawyer in London and Singapore. Find out more at
kimberlyloh.com.
“This book is a must-read at a time when we absolutely need more
successful strategies for navigating conflict and difference. Using
specific practices, personal experience, and the core teaching of
compassion, the authors lead the reader to a place of
transformative engagement. It is an invaluable contribution to
evolving our approach to difficult conversations.”—Jules Shuzen
Harris, author of Zen beyond Mindfulness
“In Compassionate Conversations, Diane Hamilton, Gabriel Wilson and
Kimberly Loh have offered us a potent gift that can transform our
approach to difficult conversations about the things that matter.
Humble, clear, and heart-warming, the authors draw on modern
neuroscience, developmental psychology, and personal stories from
decades of professional experience to weave together an innovative,
nuanced, and practical exploration of our humanity. This book is a
must-read for anyone interested in bringing spirituality to the
realm of meaningful conversation and social transformation.”—Oren
Jay Sofer, author of Say What You Mean
“Compassionate Conversations is extraordinary in that it not only
addresses the fundamental issues involved in current public
debates, it does so using a framework that can actually unite and
integrate the various parties in the fractured culture wars. This
book shares a series of incredibly useful skills to help you
advance genuinely compassionate conversations and find a way to
make room for all the parties that are engaged in conflict.”—Ken
Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything
“The world today needs this book. It’s a deeply worthy exploration
of differences and identity with perspectives and skills that you
and I can learn and practice for life-affirming communication and
inclusion. The authors skillfully engage their unique cultural,
ethnic, and spiritual perspectives to confront the perplexing
questions of how we, as individuals and as a society, can have wise
and compassionate conversations. Truly an exciting book for our
times.”—Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Zen Center of Los Angeles
“There is a depth of wisdom and practice in this book that makes it
unique and necessary. It grounds the conversation in Zen wisdom of
who we fundamentally are and how we can claim that awareness as we
engage in the challenges of being together in deep conversations.
It brings this wisdom to our current divisive challenges of
intolerance and conflict, including political correctness, social
privilege, inclusion, and identity politics. For its clarity and
bravery, its deep and practical guidance, its gentleness and
fierceness, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.”—Margaret
Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and Who Do We
Choose to Be?
“Any reader will gain insight from this helpful guide to
communication and conflict resolution.”—Publishers Weekly
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