Instead of debating the value of empathy, we should be discussing ways to develop it in our cultures. The greater our understanding is of how we respond to the world – empathetically – the more we can develop it consciously.  Awareness…

Shame and vulnerability researcher Dr. Brené Brown has studied the power of these intensely painful feelings as a professor at the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work. By keeping quiet, Brown says your shame will grow e…

Jonathan L. Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and the Pusey Minister in Harvard’s Memorial Church. He is also a professor of religion and society at the Harvard Divinity School. http://www.youtube.com/…

This day-long seminar and live webcast will explore the conceptual, biological and practical relationship between mindfulness and compassion.   The goal of this conference is to explore the important connections between mindfulness and compassion …