Mission Statement
We are teachers and Massage Professionals
throughout the world who bring Peer Massages
into School Curriculum within the topic
of Empathy and Compassion
Researchers have determined that dogs involuntarily mimic others’ expressions–a basic building block of empathy. Dogs may exhibit signs of empathy, according to a group of Italian researchers. Publishing in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the …
2. PERSPECTIVE-TAKING ISN’T TOUCHY-FEELY. Perspective-taking sounds a lot like empathy, but the two qualities are siblings, not identical twins. Empathy — the ability to understand another’s emotional state — is an essentia…
Jackie AchoEmpathy is the missing link to innovation and children can help us find it.Jackie Acho speaks and writes about innovation on her blog, The Currency of Empathyhttps://currencyofempathy.wordpress.com/After 20 years in innovation and leadership…
Books are a great way to teach empathy to kids because the stories themselves allow us to see things from another perspective, to connect with others, and to learn that, as Dr. Seuss teaches us in Horton Hears a Who, “A person’s a…
