The Art of Civic Dialogue: Bringing Empathy to Hard Conversations with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Join this intimate conversation with poet, teacher, and conflict mediator, Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Self & Belonging
Join this intimate conversation with poet, teacher, and conflict mediator, Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Engage with two luminaries of the head and heart — poet, theologian,teacher, and conflict mediator Pádraig Ó Tuama, and Co-Founder & Creative Director of Small Giants, Berry Liberman - as we delve into skills involved in creating soft spaces for hard conversation.
Explore the complexities of truth-telling, empathy and mediation. In a world where the human spirit is tested, tender, and at times broken, how do we cultivate spaces of grace and understanding? Can we balance the need to speak our truth, and hold the ‘other’? How can we harness the power of storytelling and language to heal fractures within ourselves, our relationships, and our world?
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet and theologian based in Ireland, whose work centres around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. A skilled speaker, teacher and group worker, his work has won acclaim in circles of poetry, politics, religion, psychotherapy and conflict analysis.
From 2014-2019, he was the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation community.
Pádraig presents Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios, a podcast that takes a deep dive into a single poem. With six million downloads of its first three seasons, Poetry Unbound is a powerful example of the appetite for poetry in dispersed and diverse populations.
Pádraig’s books include Sorry for your Troubles, In the Shelter and Feed the Beast. Most recently, he has released Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open your World, following the success of his podcast with On Being. Pàdraig will release two new books in early 2025, Kitchen Hymns — A new volume of poetry and 44 Poems on Being with Each Other; a Poetry Unbound Collection.
Berry Liberman is a podcaster and write who focuses on themes of leadership, storytelling, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolutio and connection.
Berry, whose family office Small Giants has a 100% impact portfolio, is a pioneer in the impact investing landscape globally, across media, the built environment, venture capital, regenerative agriculture, financial services, nature-based climate solutions, biodiversity, and energy systems.
Berry is the Creative Director of Small Giants Academy, a not-for-profit accelerator, education and media initiative with a focus on leadership fora hopeful future. Berry was the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Dumbo Feather Magazine — now The Wisdom & Action Podcast — with an abundant audience of conscious leaders from all sectors.
As a mother to three beautiful children, her work is in service to them and generations to come.
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