How mindfulness training helps build a foundational social and emotional skill
I wanted to reflect a bit on empathy and mindfulness. Humans are social beings and positive relationships are important for our happiness. Empathy is a capacity that allows us to understand the minds of others and to resonate emotionally with those states.
Empathy forms a cornerstone of social cooperation.
As you probably have heard, mindfulness has been linked to a range of positive effects and is being integrated into medicine,2 mental health3 and education.4 Here, I address two important questions:
First, what’s the relationship between mindfulness and empathy?
Second, can mindfulness training enhance empathy?
Written by Matthew Brensilver
