Compassion training activates brain regions linked to resilience and well-being, contrasting with empathy's association with ...

Compassion isn’t just about grand gestures or tearful empathy. It’s woven into the smallest daily moments—how you speak to others, how you respond to pain, how you show up when no one’s watching. And ...

Compassion identifies our emotional response of care for those who are suffering. The word itself literally means “suffering with,” and it is through compassion that we express the desire to help ...

Compassion and empathy also differ in the effects they have. Compassion tends to be based on taking action, whereas empathy is rooted in feeling. Because compassion is action-based, people are more ...

Self-compassion has been a popular topic in recent years, thanks to the wonderful research by Dr. Kristin Neff and others. However, when people talk about how to be more self-compassionate, the ...

You see yourself as a compassionate person. You are easily pained by other people’s suffering and want to ease it. However, acting solely on that desire falls short of being fully compassionate. An ...

It’s not always guaranteed that you’ll meet kind, emotionally intelligent people. That’s why, when you do encounter a compassionate man, you tend to notice him right away. Compassion isn’t ...

Thirteen year-old Alita told me she knew there was something wrong with her—something that made her “less than.” She felt that, somehow, she was “marked” and deeply unacceptable—even ugly—inside. She ...

I’ve always paid close attention to the news. Indeed, I’ve come to understand my engagement with what the Washington Post’s Phil Graham called “the rough first draft of history” as a token of my ...

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