Animal shelter workers in the Sacramento area are learning how to cope with “compassion fatigue,” a condition associated with the emotionally draining task of caring for abused and unwanted pets.The stress can take its toll, according to ex…

By consistently practicing self-compassion, Seppala says you’ll reap a number of biological and psychological benefits, including enhanced well-being and less anxiety and depression. You’ll also have an easier time bouncing back from stressful situatio…

Meetings on compassion while the world watches Aurora…   I’m in Telluride Colorado, where I attended stellar scientific meetings, held by The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford U., while the nation has bee…

What is this ability to step into someone else’s shoes? To imagine how they feel, to hurt for them or to be happy for them? Empathy is widely considered a universal and uniquely human trait.   Science goes on to define empathy one …