Nneka Allen - What is the nature of the love you carry?

Welcome to Glad You Asked, a show about how active listening can help you build stronger connections with folks in your life, personally and professionally.

Join Martha Schumacher and this episode’s powerhouse guest Nneka Allen of The Empathy Agency for a conversation about accountability, trust, justice, and most of all, love. The ultimate goal of Active Listening is to build trust, and Nneka expertly explains how building trust is a stepping stone toward love. The two explore how understanding the way we each love, along with our core values, can help us to understand the different perspectives we each hold, to truly understand one another and build empathy.

Here are this episode’s questions:Guest Q from Nneka: What is the nature of the love you carry?

Martha’s Q: Am I showing up with empathy or apathy...or a little of both?

Listener engagement Q from Birgit Smith Burton: Is my gift helping or hurting?

Action Item:How would YOU answer the question, “What is the nature of the love you carry?” How would you share your answer with someone close to you who may not have the same values? Further, how would they answer, and are you ready to ask them? While it may not be true in every single case, their answers may surprise you - they’ll likely be very personal and, more often than not, bring up universal truths about human bonds and community.

Nneka’s insightful follow-up question: How can we be more trustworthy?

Resources & Links:Nneka’s substack: https://theempathyagency.substack.com/

The Empathetic Nonprofit Leader Lab: https://courses.theempathyagency.ca/joinus-8b6e357a-8b8c-4d22-9c10-72fb0e83d75f

The Empathetic Power Checklist: https://courses.theempathyagency.ca/offers/q6Jzgya5/checkout

Prentice Hemphill’s book: What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World: https://prentishemphill.com/book

Credits:Glad You Asked is a Hazen Institute for Leadership Training podcast.