Show Description: Dawn is joined by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to learn just how important empathy is in the doctor-patient relationship.Guest: Mohammadrezqa Hojat, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Jes…

Empathetic learning is all the rage in the Common Core.  They call it SEL (Social & Emotional Learning).  Sort of like the newfangled “empathetic medicine” where I suppose the surgeon feels the pain of the patient.  Hopef…

A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study published by Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. This boost in empathic accuracy was detected thro…

Raising children in today’s world is a challenge, especially when it comes to instilling a sense of compassion in a world that seems increasingly apathetic. Helping your kids learn the importance of helping and feeling genuine sympathy for others…