You want your kid to have good self-esteem, right? Any parenting manual will tell you it’s important. Right up there with food and sunlight on the list of what kids need to be happy, healthy & successful. Right?
Not so much, an emerging body of research suggests. People with high self-esteem aren’t really more successful than others, though they think they are.
What really counts is your capacity for self-compassion
BY SIERRA BLACK
Elections are not won or lost on the issue of compassion, but perhaps they should be. Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born in 1788, the year the First Fleet with its human cargo put down anchor. When he grew up, Schopenhauer wrote that compas…
Caring too much can hurt. When caregivers focus on others without taking care of themselves burn out, poor judgement and bad overall health can follow. According to the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project, caring too much can hurt. Whe…
By Roman Krznaric You can always tell when a new idea is becoming popular – people start critiquing it. That’s certainly the case when it comes to empathy, a concept that is getting more public attention today than at any point in…
OK, to start with “empathy” (The ability to understand and share the feelings of another), is not “sympathy”, (feelings of pity for the misfortune of another), with which it is often conflated… So, in conclusion, while empathy is one of Ste…
