Theme: Empathy

EMPATHY: the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation.

☞Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world" Barak Obama. ☜
And we do want to change the world, so we agree with Obama.

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Carrer de Francesc Gumà, 6
Sitges, Barcelona (ca), 08870
Spain

John Carlin

Journalist and writer.

I sell words for a living. I sell them in various forms and on a shamelessly broad variety of subjects: as a journalist, as an author, as a broadcaster, as a speechmaker, as a scriptwriter; on politics, wars, food, sport, tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy and, not infrequently, farce. I was born in London to a Spanish mother and a Scottish father, moved (without being consulted) to Buenos Aires when I was three, returning to the UK aged 10. More of my bio: in my web.

Lourdes Aldanondo

Trainer, Therapist, Founder of MindTouch®.

Lourdes Aldanondo is the founder of MindTouch®, a therapeutic method based on physical Mindfulness, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and psychosomatic techniques. She has more than 25 years of experience as a trainer in courses and workshops on an international level and practising private sessions. Co-author of the best seller "Ignite your life for women". She believes that connection is the basis of all happiness. She specialises in treating and educating about stress related problems, especially in nervous system conditions and traumas. Her method awakens each individual's confidence in their own inherent health, helping to improve connection with themselves and with their environment. She is driven by curiosity, compassion and the belief that there is always kindness in every human heart that comes her way.

Marta Marcè

Nutritionist, naturopath and communicator

When I was 26 years old I was diagnosed with advanced cancer and my "perfect" life shattered into pieces, awakening in me an interest to understand what had happened to bring my body to this point. The journey through the disease made me experience and understand how the body is a wonderful system that lives in perfect balance (health) if we respect its natural functioning. During all these years I have been trained in naturopathy and nutrition which together with my first degree, Audiovisual Communication, are the basis of my current profession: accompanying people on their way to regain their health and wellbeing, spreading the word about a healthy living and eating and sharing my experience so that many people can fall in love with their health as much as I have.

Meritxell Teixidó

Scientist who likes to go beyond barriers.

A woman who believes in leaders who go beyond barriers. CEO of Gate2Brain biotechnology company created just over a year ago to help bring drugs to the brain and the special mum of a special child.

Raimond Torrents

Event designer, researcher and lecturer in event organisation and emotional communication.

Raimond Torrents, a graduate in ADE and MBA, is the CEO of the Event Management Institute and of the events agency "Torrents & Friends". Linked to the world of events since 1987, he is the author of "Corporate Events. The power of life comunication" (Deusto), the first book on corporate events published in Spanish. He has created and managed events of all kinds both nationally and internationally, collaborates as awriter in various marketing and communication publications, teaches communication and event organisation at several Spanish universities and gives talks and conferences always related to the organisation of events and the secrets of live communication. Since 2016, he has been leading a research programme on audience behaviour in live events.

Sebas Lorente

Conferenciante y Formador.

A los 20 años sufrió un accidente de coche que le dejó en una silla de ruedas, hecho al que no da excesiva importancia. Abogado de profesión, hace unos años abandonó el mundo del Derecho para dedicarse a dar conferencias que invitan a afrontar la vida desde un «positivismo realista», desarrollado a partir de su mismo testimonio personal, absolutamente inspirador. Colabora en Fundación Abertis, con el programa «Tenemos que repetir», para concienciar a jóvenes sobre la importancia de tener conductas responsables durante la conducción. Autor del libro «8 días levantándome de #Buenhumor» (editorial Alienta). Escribe artículos de opinión semanales en el diario «La Razón», así como en su blog personal y en otros medios. Fue uno de los promotores del Golf Adaptado en España, deporte en el que se proclamó campeón de Europa en el año 2010. Voluntario en la residencia geriátrica del Hospital de S. Joan de Sitges. Miembro del Patronato del Instituto de Robótica para la Dependencia, de Sitges.