EOC | Ep 7. Two big scoops of compassion (Bärbel Weiligmann and Chandra Easton)
Ep. 7 - Two big scoops of compassion with Bärbel Weiligmann and Chandra Easton
What does it take to stay soft while doing hard things?
In this episode of Emotions of Change, we meet Bärbel Weiligmann, a global nutrition leader whose work touches millions, and whose leadership is grounded in something rarely celebrated at scale: compassion. Not just for others, but also for herself.
We follow Bärbel through three defining moments: a quiet connection on a tea estate in Assam, a coffee date shared between grief and joy, and a breakdown after a funding call that ends with three scoops of ice cream and an unexpected act of self-kindness.
Along the way, we explore what compassion really asks of us, especially when systems are slow, and we’re expected to keep showing up. In the second half of the episode, Buddhist teacher, author and translator Chandra Easton guides us through a compassion practice, a chance to move from hearing the story to living the feeling.
This is a story about presence, permission, and the kind of care that keeps change work going.
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Find out more about Chandra Easton here: https://chandraeaston.com/
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