Compassion
Mindfulness Helps You Feel Good about Helping
A new study suggests how we can reap greater emotional rewards from helping others.
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empathy
Anxiety
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2014
The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings published this past year.
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Calm
The Power of Empathy (and One Surefire Way to Know If You’re Missing It)
Our brains are wired to get away from pain. One of the ways we do that in a relationship is try to lighten the moment. But should we?
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Calm
Do Rich People Just Care Less?
Recent research suggests powerful people pay little attention to those below them. Mindful's Editor-in-Chief looks at "the empathy gap."
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Compassion
Empathy 101
Daniel Goleman looks at three types of empathy that leaders, teachers, and parents should have.
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Anxiety
Empathy increases pain tolerance in patients: study
A new study demonstrates how doctors taking even a few minutes to chat with a patient before a procedure can increase the patient's pain tolerance.
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Compassion
Meditation can increase empathy, study finds
Researchers at Emory University apply cognitive-based compassion training (CBCT) in a study showing how the practice allowed participants to better intuit the emotions of others.
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