Dive into the world of compassion through mindful practices, articles, and advice. Learn to empathize better and spread kindness in your community.
A new area of psychological research called self-compassion—how kindly people view themselves—is the basis of a recent article written by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times.
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The number one consumer trend for 2011 will be random acts of kindness, according to Trendwatching.com.
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Humans are wired to be good, according to Professor Dacher Keltner. One only has to look at emotions such as compassion, awe, and embarrassment to see it.
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Psychologist Paul Ekman reveals Charles Darwin's real view of compassion—and it's not what you might think. Darwin's belief that altruism is a vital part of life is being confirmed by modern science.
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Saki Santorelli, director of the stress reduction program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, offers some words of wisdom about practicing mindfulness, or "offering hospitality to ourselves."
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To really listen to others, say David Rome and Hope Martin, we must first learn to listen to ourselves. They teach us three techniques for tuning in to body, speech, and mind.
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Michael Stroud, unsure about how to be both a Buddhist and a Jew, talks with well-known Buddhists who have returned home to Judaism. They’ve found it fulfilling to practice both Buddhism and the religion of their birth.
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Love is what we long to receive and to give, yet our intimate relationships are conflicted and often painful. Psychologist John Welwood reveals the difference between absolute and relative love, and the wound within each of us that no other can heal.
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How do we reconcile chaos with control? Cataloging moments of poetry and disaster, novelist and essayist Ruth Ozeki makes sense of family quirks, history almost lost, and the death of parents.
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Parents must attend to the nuts and bolts of their children’s care. But grandmothers, says Susan Moon, can pay attention to what's in the background—water, air, stories, and love.
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