Why Compassion Serves You Better Than Self-InterestCan compassion be good for the bottom line? According to Emma Seppälä, author of The Happiness Track, the answer is a clear yes. In the following excerpt from the book, Seppälä…

By consistently practicing self-compassion, Seppala says you’ll reap a number of biological and psychological benefits, including enhanced well-being and less anxiety and depression. You’ll also have an easier time bouncing back from stressful situatio…

One of the most challenging and equally rewarding aspects of studying abroad is that it challenged me to truly understand, and not just imagine, what it would be like to live in someone else’s shoes. In other words, to practice the art of empathy…

Contagious yawning happens more often between friends and family than strangers, more often with women than men: study.How do you interpret a yawn? Whether a sign of fatigue or boredom, psychologists say yawning is contagious, yet not all people are su…

It is well established that people will yawn when they see or hear someone else yawn, or even think or read about yawning Yawning is contagious – that we already know – but now scientists have shown that women are more likely to b…

There’s been building evidence that a yawn’s ability to spread to others is somehow correlated with the ability to empathize — to pick up on others’ emotional states and imagine what they may be thinking or feeling.Contagious yawning…