Your compassion fix |
Immerse yourself in a warm and protective sense of loving-kindness brought to you by founder of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, Kristin Neff. Loving-kindness practices have been shown to be hugely beneficial: strengthening compassion, inner peace, and connection to others.
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Featured blog: How compassion can change the world |
We are all gifted the power of compassion. And we all have an innate sense of what compassion feels and looks like. But how do we take that power and nurture, spread, and embed it so that we build whole societies in its image? Founder of the Compassionate Mind Foundation Paul Gilbert answers that question in this week's featured blog.
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Stories of compassion |
It can take courage to go against the grain in order to show someone compassion. But when we do, the results can be so powerful. That's what we learn from the lesson of David Romero. David, a resident of Spain, has been under pressure from a real estate company to increase his tenant's rent but he has refused - arguing they have the right to "a dignified life."
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Come home to who you are
Kaira Jewel Lingo is a mindfulness teacher, author, and mentor. In this practice she will help us move through the chaos of our lives and find a place of stillness and peace. She will show how we can all, by coming home to who we are, experience great freedom, renewed energy, and solidarity with the world.
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In the spotlight |
This week we look at the work of GCC Board member James Doty. James is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He is author of the widely popular self-help book “Into the Magic Shop” and senior editor of the Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science.
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