Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable. ' We need empathy in schools just as we need empathy in the world right now' - Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre.

There is actual data to prove that you can teach it as a subject and kids can learn it. And then when you study the kids that have learned it, they are more empathetic, and it reduces all the stuff that we don’t like in schools and things that we’re trying to steer our kids away from. With the rapidly changing world and ever-surprising challenges we now face, perhaps we should consider a further personal 'epiphany' in relation to what really matters in our lives and our relationships. We suggest that empathy awareness, education and development is core to this proposed epiphany, at both an individual and collective level.

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Murphy is an elegant, eloquent talker, his voice as deep and sturdy as his cheekbones are lofty. He admits that his day job – done well – is a good training in empathy. “Listening is key to all acting. At the beginning, you’re so petrified that you just learn your lines, and then it’s rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb – my line!” But with experience you learn to listen and engage with your fellow actors. “I’m not saying I’m the most empathetic person in the whole wide world,” he adds wryly. “Of course, I spend a lot of time thinking about myself and worrying about myself.” Would your wife say you’re a good empath? “I mean, definitely not. But at least, you know, I’m trying.” Community Leadership Development: Youth Leadership Development in Pennsylvanian High Schools with Agriculture Programs What Are the Most Effective Components of Empathy Education for Undergraduate Students to Increase Their Empathy Levels? This book changed something in me, made me want to see more empathy around us. Although, at the end of the book, some essays descend into pacifism and its link to empathy - that I disagree with. I enjoyed reading this book.Ionbhá is a sweet-minded book of essays featuring teachers, youth workers and sportspeople, plus creative figures such as The Edge and Murphy himself. But what is empathy? The word only entered the English language in 1908, a translation from the German Einfühlung, which means “feeling into” – and “I think that perfectly describes it”, says the actor. “It’s different to sympathy; it’s adjacent to kindness.” Sympathy, he explains, “is about adding your own sorrow or your own pity onto the other – whereas empathy is where you sit and listen with someone, and you absorb what the person is feeling… And then you’re compelled to take an empathetic action. And that’s when I think it’s at its most powerful. So it isn’t just talk – it’s action. Technology Adoption in Cacao Farms in San Vicente De Chucuri, Santander: The Role of Cadmium Regulations What really convinced him about the merits of empathy education, however, were the results it showed among young people. We see it as a worldwide project,” says the 46-year-old, his Cork accent still strong; he and his artist wife Yvonne McGuinness returned to Ireland after a long spell in Britain to live in Dublin with their two sons in 2015. “There’s an awful lot of interest in it, and I think it’s a critical time for something like this.” The world, he says, is ever more polarised and social media has made things worse: “It’s very emotionally draining for children or for young people. It takes a lot out of them to be under scrutiny all the time – I can’t really imagine that.”