Connectedness and relationships take time and energy — and physical presence. There are no short cuts. We must elect to be more intentional in this area of our lives. We must remove the divides….Remember the analogy of the frog that slowly boiled in…

The difference between a good product and an amazing one boils down to one thing: Empathy. Developing an understanding of your users that is so deep that you can feel what they feel enables you to design products and experiences that will truly resonat…

The vision of empowering each and every child with the mastery of empathy is what drives EMPOWER EMPATHY. By providing workshops to elementary schools to build cultures of empathy through uniquely developed digital tools and processes, working *with* i…

President Obama has something on his mind — a message he plans to deliver in Minneapolis Thursday and Friday.Obama, who wants to get out of Washington and hover over domestic economic themes, if he can, has a summer of outreach in mind. The White Hous…

The latest move in Obama’s empathy campaign will come Thursday when he plans to meet with a mother identified by White House officials as “Rebekah” of Minneapolis. She wrote to the president to explain her day-to-day economic problems; he read the lett…

Naropa University: Radical Compassion Symposium: October 16th and 18th – EventInspired by the ancient Tibetan practice of Chod, Feeding your Demons is a five-step process created by Lama Tsultrim that allows us to offer compassion and understanding to …

Here’s what recent findings in neuroscience and neurobiology can teach us about compassion.Mounting evidence of the impact of contemplative practices like meditation (which we now know can, quite literally, rewire the brain) are finally bringing m…