Empathy is what makes us human,” says brain scientist Dr. Bruce Perry, MD  –  but this has not sunk in for Americans.  If simple kindness isn’t enough, what about the minor fact that it’s brain science?  Or t…

Are we more excited by people who seem to care about us? Can being a good, caring listener feed the flames of desire? Research offers some clues to the answer…   Fascinatingly, only the secure and anxious listeners were excited by the empathy of…

Many parents worry that giving their grumpy upset child lots of empathy may encourage them to become overly needy.  Sometimes it can seem like this is true because your empathy initially results in an increase in the intensity of your child’…

 David Breaux has been standing on a street corner at 3rd and C street in Davis, CA almost every day for the past 2 years asking people what compassion means to them. I sat down with David at the Crepeville Cafe on the corner of 3rd & C and we…