Do you use self criticism to motivate yourself? Many people do, but self criticism is damaging. Self compassion boosts your productivity & wellbeing.   Many people have a strong inner critic, the internal voice that points out every perceived …

Teachers are uniquely positioned to teach empathy, which will help children not only discover personal success, but also contribute to the betterment of society…Empathy is systemically related to all of the abilities on the compass, particularly to s…

Melanie Swan is founder of DIYgenomics, a non-profit research organization founded in March 2010 to realize personalized medicine through crowdsourced health studies and apps. One of the project is ‘Social intelligence genomics & empathy-building’….

Squabbling with your spouse lately? Someday, couples therapy could mean watching your own brain activity to train your compassionate side…The approach relies on neurofeedback, in which people can see and respond to their own real-time brain acti…