Compassion
How You Argue Could Make You Sick
According to a recent study, different behaviors during romantic conflict are linked to heart problems and back pain.
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Compassion
Dive into the world of compassion through mindful practices, articles, and advice. Learn to empathize better and spread kindness in your community.
Compassion
The Beautiful and the Good
What are our brains doing when we assume that someone who’s beautiful on the outside must be beautiful on the inside? Sharon Begley investigates.
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How to Grow from Your Regrets
According to a new study, self-compassion may help us benefit from regret rather than wallowing in it.
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Why Self-Compassion is the New Mindfulness
When we have trouble being vulnerable, "self-compassion" can seem like "self-indulgence." But fessing up to when we fall short can bring out our best, happiest, selves.
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Why You Shouldn’t Believe in Soulmates
Our brains can’t help but compare the imperfect human snoring beside us to the ideal hunk in our heads. But around the corner there isn’t someone better—only someone different.
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A Father’s Day Gift of Mindfulness
Try this basic mediation for allowing thoughts to roll by like clouds—A gift to us all for Father's Day.
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Touch the One You Love
The research is conclusive: Physical contact is good for both mind and body.
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Where Does Kindness Come From?
A new study fuses methods from several different branches of science to reveal the forces that shape kindness.
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How Mindfulness Can Save the Planet
Eight steps to a greener, more sustainable world.
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Happy People Don’t Need to Feel Superior
A new study suggests that happy people avoid the trap of social comparison.
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