Episode 44: Looking back on "Empathy: The Path to Peace" with Jo Berry

May 27, 2022

Some stories are virtually impossible to listen to without feeling an internal response. Sometimes we wonder what it means for us. Sometimes we ponder what we, ourselves, would have done in that situation. Sometimes we dream of the action we like to think we would have taken. And sometimes we measure ourselves against the actions of the hero in the story and find we fall short.

Jo Berry’s story triggers a whole range of personal responses. Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo first met with the man responsible, Pat Magee to understand his actions. That initial three-hour meeting led to them speaking on over three hundred occasions, on a shared platform around the world.

Looking back on my conversation with Jo, I reflect on four themes that are written through her story like words through a stick of rock. Curiosity, Empathy, Forgiveness and Peace.

If you’re ready to make your dream bigger than your fears or you want to improve your relationship with yourself or with others, this week’s Insights episode is for you.

 

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RESOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:

Episode 43 Empathy: The Path to Peace with Jo Berry

Episode 42 Looking back on “Leading in a Lonely World” with Sue Revell

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R Covey

Video short: Brene Brown on Empathy

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