Posts in Building Balanced Empathy
Alison Murdoch

Alison is a writer, activist and facilitator of Building Balanced Empathy and Unlocking Your Potential. Alison has been studying Buddhism for over 30 years, and is passionate about finding fresh contemporary ways to share its tools and techniques for developing a smart mind and a warm heart with a wider non-religious audience She is based in the UK and delivers workshops in English.

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Marian O'Dwyer

Marian is a Senior Accredited Faculty member teaching all levels of 16 Guidelines, 16G for children and teens, Unlocking Your Potential and Building Balanced Empathy and training our next generation of facilitators. She has 30 years of experience in teaching mindfulness based practices. Marian is based in Spain and delivers courses, both live online and in person, in English. She has a good working knowledge of French and Spanish.

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Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw

Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw has been developing Universal Education programs, resources and training for more than 30 years. She founded Transformative Mindfulness Methods, a partner program of FDCW based on using the power of the mind to heal oneself and our relationship with others. She is the co-founder with Alison Murdoch of the successful 16 Guidelines for Life program and also co-authored the book 16 Guidelines for Life. She is trained in the latest course developed by FDCW called Building Balanced Empathy. While no longer facilitating directly...prefers to occasionally advise on a voluntary basis about the role of effective facilitation.

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Francesca Paoletti

Francesca has practiced Buddhism since 2010. Originally from Italy, trained as an environmental engineer, she now lives in Germany working as a business consultant for the development renewable energy sources. Francesca is an accredited facilitator for The art of Fulfilment Level 1 and Building Balanced Empathy delivering courses in English, German and Italian.

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Claudia Wellnitz

Claudia first met Lama Thubten Yeshe in 1981 and became committed to his idea of Universal Education. Since 1987 she has been working as a teacher of Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Claudia is an accredited facilitator for The a.r.t. of Fulfilment Level 1 and Building Balanced Empathy delivering courses in English, German and Italian.

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