Cultivating self-compassion can actually help you cope better with life’s struggles. By Christina Caron If a friend is struggling with a big challenge or feels defeated, it’s usually our first ...

Lonnie Ali, widow of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, appeared on NBC's "The TODAY Show" Wednesday morning to discuss the release of the 2025 Compassion Report, a recent study on compassion in the U.S.

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I ditched my cable subscription last spring. If I had to hear one more screaming head or screaming politician or screaming anything who pits one person or one side against another purposefully for ...

After several absences from an online course, a student reached out to a faculty member to say that she was going to have to drop out of university. One of her children was suffering health issues, ...

You are sitting at lunch at your desk, worrying that the report you just finished isn’t good enough. You know about the benefits of self-compassion and wonder if practicing it would make you feel ...

In April 2020, my great-aunt suddenly died from a rare and aggressive cancer. She was an adored and hilarious high school “cafeteria lady” of 20 years, but her funeral wasn’t the celebratory affair I ...

Show Heartfelt Compassion for Others. Why? Compassion is essentially the wish that beings do not suffer—from subtle physical and emotional discomfort to agony and anguish—combined with feelings of ...

Have you heard about compassion? You’re likely familiar with, and hopefully demonstrate the concept the Dalai Lama describes as an individual’s “sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect toward ...

It can come out of nowhere — a contempt attack. Like a panic attack, it arises suddenly and takes over completely. You feel a roil of emotions and an overpowering sense of exasperation: the person you ...