“Empathy is not just listening. It is recognising dignity, challenging dehumanisation, and choosing to act.”
In this powerful episode of The Hello Frequency, I sit down with Samira Ghoreishi for a fierce and deeply moving conversation on empathy, migration, anger, healing, and justice. Drawing from her Iranian roots, community work, and lived experience of displacement, Samira challenges us to move beyond passive listening and practise empathy as an ethical, political, and spiritual choice. Together, we explore what it means to resist dehumanisation, honour pain without being consumed by it, and choose compassion that leads to action.
The recent media coverage on Samira’s views on Iran:
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360929817/understanding-future-iran
Empathy is not agreement.
Empathy is not pity.
Empathy is not staying silent.
Citation: Divakalala, C. & Ghoreishi, S. (2026). No One Is Other. The Hello Frequency Podcast. A Lifestyle Podcast. Aotearoa.
Remember, in a world where discord echoes loudly, let empathy be our pluriversal language!
