Ideas change everything

How compassion could save your strained relationships

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Betty Hart |

TEDxCherryCreekWomen

• November 2020

When personal relationships and ideological differences collide, the result can lead to strained relations -- or even years of silence and distance. Actor Betty Hart offers an alternative to cold shoulders and haughty hellos: compassion, and a chance for growth and change instead of losing important time with loved ones.

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When personal relationships and ideological differences collide, the result can lead to strained relations -- or even years of silence and distance. Actor Betty Hart offers an alternative to cold shoulders and haughty hellos: compassion, and a chance for growth and change instead of losing important time with loved ones.

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Betty Hart advocates for curiosity, diversity, empathy and valuing the whole of a person rather than individual aspects.

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