Massey University PhD student Mirjam Guesgen has spent three years studying whether sheep feel empathy. Guesgen said the idea of animals feeling empathy and pain was a relatively new area of research, but she was interested in the social and psych…

The co-hosts takes a look at the remaining candidates for president and discuss if they have the potential to be empathetic.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

“Empathy is not an inborn trait,” Borba writes. “Empathy is a quality that can be taught — in fact, it’s a quality that must be taught, by parents, by educators and by those in a child’s community. And what’s more, it’s a talent that kids can cul…

 James O’Dea is the lead faculty for the Shift Network’s Peace Ambassador Training with hundreds of international participants. These trainings are ongoing.He is on the extended faculty of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and its forme…