I’ve been thinking about self-esteem lately, and how you can never have too much of it (or so I thought)
I wanted to find out more about how self-esteem works and how to give it a boost when it’s running low.
I was surprised to find that self-esteem isn’t as straight-forward as I’d thought — what matters more is self-compassion.
The strange influence of empathising on the capacity for logical thought.When the brain activates the network of neurons involved in empathising, it suppresses the network used for cold, hard analysis. The reverse is also true: activating the brai…
Minoru AsadaOsaka UniversityArtificial EmpathySee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
I thought about compassion and what it really means. Compassion generally is concerned with understanding someone’s situation, being present for them, loving them and wishing for things to be different. According to scholars, the Latin …
My interpretation of a compassionate listening process by Robert Gonzales. One frog listens to the feelings and needs of another. As the upset frog feels und…See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
