Until recently, Aaron Gibson, managing one of YMCA’s regional offices, could not call myself a sensitive leader. He regarded himself as a pragmatic leader with high standards.
Many employees in dismissals complained of his sharp and unceremonious style of communication. Everything changed after Gibson has got an intensive empathy training. He realized that he did not understand his staff.
The work, led by Robert Eres from the University’s School of Psychological Sciences, pinpointed correlations between grey matter density and cognitive and affective empathy.The study looked at whether people who have more brain cells in certain areas o…
Several studies have tried to test whether ‘yawn contagion’ can spread from humans to our beloved canines — and whether that means the dogs feel empathy. This story starts with a 2008 paper in Biology Letters titled rather wonderfully, “Dogs c…
“In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength.” ~ BuddhaWhen asked why I write fiction, I used to say, “Because I enjoy writing and revising sentences” or “Because…
Flinders University professor Tracey Wade is embarking on a yearlong study that will explore the effect of self-compassion, or silencing an individual’s inner critic, on eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Wade, a professo…
