The key to making this happen for those around us is EMPATHETIC RESPONDING!  The traditional definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings. When we utilize empathetic responding, we are acknowledging what’s being told to us…

 Writing that shocks, antagonises, bears witness to or imagines violence can create radical empathy. ‘At least touch what you kill’ writes Julián Herbert in ‘Dark’, his speaker telling of a night spent with his arm i…

Published on Jul 8, 2013Building Compassion: How Do We Get More Compassion in the World?See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

Self-compassion leads to compassion for othersThe nicest part of the meditation for me this time was in acknowledging that when all’s said and done, we all want the same thing; we all want to be happy, to have the best life we can have with what …