Empathetic Presence

Empathetic Presence is a podcast to liberate our voices, from silencing systems, speaking anxiety, and over-thinking. We don’t need more Executive Presence. We need empathetic, present leadership more than ever. Hosted by Self-Expression Strategist Lee Bonvissuto, each episode will share tools to help us express ourselves in big moments and feature interviews with empathetic experts who are creating cultures where we can all be heard.

Empathetic Presence is a business podcast hosted by Lee Bonvissuto, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lee Bonvissuto hosts Empathetic Presence, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  We Survive Through Connection with Toya Northington

  Mar 19, 202637 minS1

  <p>I've been trying to have this conversation for over a year.</p><p>Toya Northington was the very first person I wanted on this podcast. We set a date. The morning we were supposed to record, she texted me that she'd been laid off from her DEI role, one of the first waves of a pattern we've all now watched unfold across this country.</p><p>We rescheduled. And I'm so glad we did, because the conversation we had this March is the one we were meant to have.</p><p>Toya is an artist, social worker, and founder...

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  Building a Care Society with Angelina Drake

  Oct 17, 202534 minS0

  <p>In this moment when healthcare access feels increasingly precarious, Angelina Drake reminds us that care work is political work, and that our voices matter. A former home care worker who spent a decade working on care justice issues through long-term care policy and advocacy for nursing home and home care workers, Angelina now serves as Chief Development Officer at Protect Our Care, a healthcare policy organization working to lower healthcare costs, increase coverage, and improve health equity in the U.S.</p><p>We talk about why care work is systematically undervalued, how the current political moment threatens healthcare...

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  Healing Through Ancestral Wisdom with Ssanyu Birigwa

  Oct 6, 202545 minS0

  <p>Welcome back to Empathetic Presence. Today I'm sitting down with my dear friend Ssanyu Birigwa, a Columbia-trained narrative medicine clinician and 80th generation indigenous bone healer whose practice bridges ancestral wisdom with embodied presence.</p><p>In this conversation, Ssanyu shares how deep listening creates reciprocity between ourselves and others, why taking off our masks is both necessary and sometimes unsafe, and how connecting with ancestral knowledge can help us slow down in this fast world.</p><p>We explore the intersection of narrative medicine and indigenous healing practices, discuss why qualitative research matters as much as quantitative data...

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  The Power of Words with Christina Ferguson

  Sep 9, 202538 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Empathetic Presence, I sit down with Christina Ferguson, founder and chief storyteller at Parable, to explore how words are "the primary vehicle in which we are human."</p><p>Christina helps mission-driven organizations and leaders tap into their true identity—not by branding something external onto them, but by letting what's already inside come out. We dive deep into why so many of us struggle with our voices, whether written or spoken, and how we've lost the art of self-reflection in our hyper-connected world.</p><p><b>What we explore:</b></p>Why identity work mu...

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  Finding Hope Through Gratitude with Abigail Somma

  Aug 6, 202536 minS0

  <p>In times of rising authoritarianism and social upheaval, how do we find hope without falling into toxic positivity? This week, I sit down with my dear friend Abigail Somma, founder of Gratitude Buddies and mindfulness teacher, to explore gratitude as a tool for resistance and refocusing.</p><p>Abbie taught me about loving-kindness meditation nearly a decade ago, and her approach to gratitude as a practice—not just a feeling—completely shifted how I understand presence and self-compassion.</p><p>In this conversation, we explore:</p>Why gratitude becomes accessible in moments of crisis (and why it's harder during prol...

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