Compassion training activates brain regions linked to resilience and well-being, contrasting with empathy's association with negative feelings. Compassion involves proactive action to alleviate ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of an eight-part series chronicling reporter Pam Boyd’s journey through Compassion Cultivation Training. Look for ...

Eyler, Ph.D., is director of Center for Empathy and Compassion Training in Medical Education, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego and lives in Linda Vista. Noel, Ph.D., is ...

Adding online mindfulness and self-compassion training to usual care may improve quality of life (QOL) in adults with atopic dermatitis (AD), according to results of a small randomized controlled ...

Self-compassion isn’t something I do very well. That’s probably because I was born in Canada, and when the doctor slapped my wrinkled baby butt, I said, “Sorry!” instead of crying. While American ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention group had significantly greater improvement in DLQI score. The intervention group had greater ...

When someone feels compassionate, the feeling is other-focused, positive, and protects against burnout. Source: Andrew Hyder, used with permission “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

Every afternoon, personal support worker Susan (name changed) struggled with administering medication to a particular elderly patient in the dementia ward where she worked. On one such occasion, fed ...

Skills like meditation and self-kindness can reduce itch-scratch cycles and help people keep up with medical treatments. “Integrating mindfulness and self-compassion into usual dermatological care ...

In "The Art of Happiness," the Dalai Lama describes compassion as a mental attitude that’s guided by “a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards the other.” When those three ...