The 28th of November is World Compassion Day and an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of compassion. I have come to see compassion as something active, full of movement, and formed of different ...
“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.” - Psalm 145:8-9 While the dictionary defines the word ...
Compassion is one of the most celebrated human qualities. Across cultures and traditions, it is upheld as a virtue, an ideal, and a guiding light for how we relate to one another. In Buddhism, ...
When many of us consider what “compassion” means, we often think it refers to being nice and feeling sorry for someone facing a difficult situation. I have a different meaning. I view compassion as ...
When you hear the phrase “I love you!” what happens in your mind? Maybe your heart races like a teenager at their first school dance. Maybe you cringe because someone weaponized those words in your ...
One of my co-worker, a very down-to-earth, practical person, thought of himself as being emotional in his orientation. I have always considered him to be one full of of rich emotions, rather than an ...
If employees are feeling overworked and stressed and anxious, what is the solution? Many discussions about burnout inevitably turn to ideas like mindfulness and self-compassion: skills that can be ...