Empathy Educator || 🔴 TEDx (4x) & Keynote Speaker || Motto: Ask more questions, make less assumptions 🧠 I help people understand themselves and each other so we can all human better. ❌ Watch all my TEDx talks at: bit.ly/tedxdrkristen 💼 Founder of Abbey Research || Owner & COO of Abbey Companies 👩🏼‍🦰 Obsessed with Stories That Change the World || MSW, M.Div, PhD || she/her 🏳️‍🌈 🐧 Empathy is an intellectual posture, not just an emotional response. 🌎 Philadelphia, PA 👩🏼‍🏫 One of the Good Doctors of Abbey Research, where we empower and educate inclusive communities. 💖 Learning, Reading, Traveling, Singing Showtunes in Normal Life, Boring My Friends With Theories on Why Avengers:Endgame Was a Mess, Defending Romance Novels 🚫 Notes App Apologies, Body Shaming, Bigotry, Policing Others’ Joy 🎬 YT: AbbeyResearch 🌐 LinkedIn: Kristen Donnelly, PhD I believe when someone shows us who they are, in the sage words of Dr. Angelou, we should believe them. I believe in normalizing changing our minds. I believe the world will change through relationships, because it’s the only way it ever has. I believe inclusive, intersectional, radical hospitality is the best way to be human. 🖋Featured in Forbes, Natfluence, Thrive Global, Swaay, Authority Magazine 🗣 Oxford University, Queen’s University Belfast, TEDxSouthLakeTahoe, TEDxFarmingdale, University of Copenhagen, TEDxChicago, TEDxRutgersCamden 🧍🏼‍♀️Member: Forbes Business Council, National Speakers Association, Women’s Speaker Association, Ellevate Network 🙋You can ask me about: - Empathy as a worldview - Building emotional intelligence - Trauma and conflict - The limits of tolerance - Delivering 4 TEDx talks in 1 year - Curiosity as a Superpower - Employee engagement - Turnover prevention