Compassion
Try a 5-Minute Self-Compassion Break
Explore this informal mindfulness practice to foster a sense of connection and belonging.
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Don’t Stop at Empathy. Your Employees Need Compassion
Compassion is more empowering than empathy, according to research. Mindful leadership expert Rasmus Hougaard breaks down how excessive empathy can contribute to burnout, and explains five key ways to support your teams by leading with compassion.
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There’s Someone Missing in Your Friend Circle: You
We’re mindful to treat our friends with kindness and compassion—here’s how to bring some of that warmth back to the person who often gets neglected.
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This Is Your Brain on Lies
Whether it’s lying about being sick or being stuck in traffic, telling a white lie may seem to make our lives a lot more convenient. But research shows when we shrug off white lies, we feel more comfortable telling bigger lies and hurting the people we care about.
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Compassion
Empathy Fatigue is All Too Real
Feeling empathy for others’ pain is innately human, but it can be stretched too thin. Here’s why we get numbed to horrific events—and how to preserve our tenderness and our desire to help.
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Taking Your Practice Off the Meditation Cushion with Improv
An unlikely tool for cultivating compassion lies well beyond the meditation cushion. We find it, instead, in improv communities.
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How to Deepen Empathy and Reconnect with Your Estranged Child
If your adult child has stopped communicating, and their love seems to be long gone, don’t lose hope. Tina Gilbertson writes that a key step in healing estrangement occurs when parents bring empathy and compassion to the forefront of this fractured relationship.
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Mindful Education for Anti-Racist Allies
Sharing his own lived experience along with compassion, Emmanuel Acho helps us learn about important issues to have more constructive conversations about race—and ultimately lead to change.
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