This workshop was held on the 19th of December 2013, prepared and delivered by Peter Vermeiren and myself for the educators of the Julius Center for the exploration and implementation of Compassion within Pharmacotherapy. (Apologies for the confusing mix of Dutch and English) Our goal was to give information and insight on Compassion, exploring its definition and share existing knowledge, science and exercises. In the afternoon we facilitated a brainstorm and strategy session, using appreciative inquiry, on how compassion can have a more substantial role within the curriculum and in which form it would take place. Within this slide deck we have added youtube video's of concepts and methodologies that we take inspiration from. During the workshop we shortly explained it however for those interested you can find the entire videos within the slides. These include people with whom we work with and concepts we believe embody the work we do within Compassion for Care. This includes: - Simon Sinek: His infamous TED talk about "Starting with Why" and actually how to inspire others to action using the golden circle (Why - How - What) - Andy Bradley: Closing the Compassion Gap: We use an exercise asking our participants which attributes they would wish to see in their care - taker and this was taken from inspiration from Andy Bradley. - Karen Armstrong: Her winning the TED Prize, sharing the concept of the Charter for Compassion and the video with the Charter - Thupten Chimpa: Someone who worked very closely with the Dalai Lama sharing the "science" behind compassion. - Richard Davidson: A very rich presentation on much of the research that has taken plan and is being done on Compassion and meditation. - Marina Abramović: The beautiful art of 'really' being present and how she responds to the surprise of someone she loved dearly coming to visit her at her exposition. - Chade-Meng Tan: Sharing his insights on his book "Search Inside Yourself" and how Google too is working towards a more compassionate manner of working. - Paul Gilbert: Sharing his findings and his model on the 'Caring-Compasionate mind'. We use this to bridge between attributes of a healthcare professional and that of the ones we would wish to have when we are in need of one. - Kirsten Neff: On the The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion with an exercise that one can do. - Dr Robin Youngson: and a beautiful description of his work and book "Time to Care". Its a manual for healthcare workers on how to work compassionately. - A video demonstration of the concept of Appreciative Inquiry - A video clip from Patch Adams about looking past the way we see current problems - The TED talk that launched Compassion for Care where we were given the stage at TEDxMaastricht in 2011.

1. The story

2. Creating Context

3. “He who knows
his ‘why’ can
bear any how”
- Nietzsche

4. Why

5. The Golden Circle
Why - How - What

6. What if you were a patient??

7. The science of Compassion

8. Compassie
‘Compassie is het vermogen
om vanuit medemenselijkheid
met aandacht, inzicht en
daadkracht het lijden van
patienten te kunnen zien,
invoelend begrijpen en zo
mogelijk verlichten.’

9. Karen Armstrong
Charter for Compassion

10. Een gevoelscomponent
(de affectieve-emotionele
component: aandacht,
bezorgdheid)
Een cognitieve
component
( focus, inzicht, begrip)
Een motivatiecomponent
(doelgericht, handelend)
Geshe Thupten Jinpa

11. The
science
of
compassion:
wat
is
het
niet?

12. Sociologie
Neuro
sociologie
Gen
onderzoek
Quantum
Fysica
Psychologie
Neuroscience
!
Economie
Altruisme
Governance
Management
Bevlogenheid
The
science
of
compassion:
het
veld
van
onderzoek
Welzijn, geluk,
Gezondheid
Positieve
psychologie
Contemplatieve
‘wetenschap’ en
filosofie

13. "Een mens is een deel van een geheel, door ons 'universum‘
genoemd, een deel beperkt door tijd en ruimte. Hij ervaart zichzelf,
zijn gedachten en gevoelens als iets dat gescheiden is van de
rest ... een optisch bedrog van zijn bewustzijn. Dit waanidee is een
soort van gevangenis voor ons, het beperkt ons tot onze
persoonlijke verlangens en tot affectie voor een paar mensen dicht
bij ons.
Onze taak moet zijn om ons uit deze gevangenis te bevrijden door
verbreding van onze kring van compassie voor alle levende
wezens en de volledige natuur in haar schoonheid. "
- Albert Einstein

15. wisdom and c
ompassion
The
science
of
compassion:
two
wings

17. Lichaamsfuncties
Dagelijks
functioneren
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Mentaal welbevinden
start
1 maand
2 maand
3 maand
Soci-maatsch.
Participeren
Spirituele dimensie
Kwaliteit van leven
Gezondheid als adaptief
vermogen en zelf te sturen

18. Compassionate
decision making
Can we use concepts such
as these in the current
healthcare system?

19. Nurture
Nature

20. Steve Cole en Richard Davidson
Can compassion
training impact
our genes?

21. De barmhartige samaritaan

22. Tagcloud Compassie en Gezondheidszorg
The
science
of
compassion:
sociologie

23. William
James,
1890,
Principles
of
Psychology

24. Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Metta
Tong len

25. ‘The Artist is Present’
Marina Abramovic, MOMA, New York
!
The art of being present and giving
someone your attention.

26. fMRI met
ervaren
proefpersonen

27. The
science
of
compassion:
neuroscience

28. Spiegelneuronen?

30. P.
Gilbert
2008:
The
Compassionate
Mind

31. ‘Zelfcompassie heeft veel voorspellende
waarde voor geluk en welzijn en is
stabieler dan zelfwaardering.’
- Kirstin Neff.
Selfkindness- selfjudgement
Common humanity- isolation
Mindfulness- overidentification
Test je zelfcompassie:
www.selfcompassion.org

32. Dr. Robin Younson: Time to Care
Is veiliger
Is efficiënter en effectiever
Betere behandelresultaten
Bespaart tijd
Verminderd de zorgvraag
Betekenisvoller werken
Kost minder

33. Resources
Overview
of
scientific
research
http://ccare.stanford.edu/research
!
Books
Time to Care; Robin Youngson
The Compassionate Mind, Paul Gilbert
Disturbing Emotions, Seligman
Positive Psychology,
Compassievol leven, E. v.d. Brink en F. Koster
Search inside Yourself (Google), Chade Meng-Tan
!
Websites
www.compassionforcare.com
www.heartsinhealthcare.com
www.self-compassion.org
www.ccare.stanford.eu

34. Methodologies we use to train in our sessions
Mindfulness, metta meditatie, tong len
Personal story, what is your why?
Why, how, what - Simon Sinek
Theory and evidence based science
Different forms of contemplation
Sharing of experiences and facilitated discussion
Appreciative inquiry
Heart coherence
Art forms such poetry and drawing
‘We stand for compassion’
Self compassion exercises
Letter to yourself
Exercises in gratefulness
!
and many more.. these are a few of the examples

35. How are things so far?
testing the waters before the break … thermometer
So far?

36. Lunch

37. Mindfulness

38. Appreciative Inquiry
and its application

39. Looking past the problem

40. the steps…

41. What we already have

43. The stories

44. www.compassionforcare.com
info@compassionforcare.com
@compassion4care
#compassion4care
facebook.com/compassionforcare

45. Peter Vermeiren
Peter@compassionforcare.com
Twitter: @PJVermeiren
Linkedin: Peter Vermeiren
Salmaan Sana
Salmaan@compassionforcare.com
Twitter: @salmaansana
Linkedin: Salmaan Sana